Vlad the Impaler’s Medieval Feast. Wine or Blood? #Im4Ro

Vlad Impaler medieval feast wine or blood

Started as a rumor, the story that Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes or Dracula, a Romanian medieval prince, loved to feast on blood and not wine, snowballed along the centuries to such an extent that it is accepted as truthful today.

02/01/202026/07/2024

A Journey through the Medieval City of Sighisoara, Romania #Im4Ro

Winter Journey to Medieval Sighisoara, Romania

If you journey through Transylvania, ‘the land across the forest’, (searching for Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler or Dracula) and head towards Brasov along the banks of the Big Tarnava River, you will surely spot from quite afar the pointy towers of medieval Sighisoara City, with its centuries old fortress and churches. We traveled there by train one winter.

I give you the Transylvanian ‘Pearl‘ and the ‘Nürnberg‘, Sighisoara!

31/12/201929/04/2022

Exploring Romania, Top Medieval Movie Locations, Corvin Castle #Im4Ro

Next in exploring Romania and its top locations is Corvin Castle, a fortress fit for any movie, be it local, an European production, or Hollywood.

17/12/201929/04/2022

Exploring Romania’s Top Movie Locations: Peles Castle #Im4Ro

I invite you to join me in exploring Romania’s top movie locations – Peles Castle today! I’ll show you the locations as depicted in the motion pictures as well as the genuine places.

Did you know that most Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed in Canada? Well, some of the most charming ones, especially royalty-themed ones, have been filmed in Romania, in Bucharest and especially in Sinaia, at the royal Peles Castle.

07/12/201917/10/2021

Snow’s Thousand Faces and Meanings

I love snow in all its aspects, yet browsing through past holiday pictures I realized that snow has thousands of faces and meanings. From the simple joy of snowflakes to the excitement and rush of making a snow angel or a snowman; from the wonder of an icicle to the art nature instills in a frozen fence; or, simply, the unspoiled wonder the morning after a snow storm holds.