Why You Must Have Transylvania on Your Holiday Destination List #Im4Ro

why you must have Transylvania on your holiday list

Transylvania belongs on any holiday destination list, watching over Romania, coming from eternity and traveling into history, echoing of a famous past. Be it a family holiday, a solitary traveler’s adventure or of a historian buff’ treat, Transylvania is a must see. National Geographic said it, and here’s exactly why you must visit Transylvania.

02/05/202017/10/2021

Afghanistan, a Dangerous Landscape

Much or less is known about Afghanistan and its dangerous landscape. An old Afghan proverb says: ‘There is a path to the top of even the highest mountain.’ Of course there is, and a view to go with it. A history lesson too, I would add.

25/04/202017/10/2021

Winternag – Winter Night by Eugene Marais

Enjoy Winternag, Winter Night by Eugene Marais here in both Afrikaans and English.
Eugene Marais was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer. He wrote this poem in 1905.

Winternag / Winter Night
Die Dans van die Reën / The Dance of the Rain

17/03/202029/04/2022

To Marvel at the Medieval Towers of Sighisoara Fortress #Im4Ro

Let’s further our historical journey and marvel at the medieval towers and walls of Upper City Sighisoara, the fortress, Vlad the Impaler‘s birth place. If we walk clockwise around the citadel’s defense wall or rampant, still 14 meters in height in some places, we’ll admire, in this order:

16/03/202029/04/2022

A Forgotten Spring Legend and a Romanian Tradition #Im4Ro

Knee deep in research I lost my way between dusty manuscripts but I am excited to have discovered a forgotten Spring legend tied to a Romanian tradition.

Once upon a time, long, long ago, for if it wouldn’t have happened it wouldn’t have been told…