Pi Door, a Pilish Poem for Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2023

Pi Door is my pilish style poem written for the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2023, inspired by an Art Deco glass door I spotted in Bucharest.

27/10/202215/11/2022

The Wooden Doors of Merensky Library, Designed Like an Open Book

Merensky Library University of Pretoria designed like an open book

Marveling at the wooden doors of Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, a building designed like an open book, seems the perfect entertainment after hearing of my Author of the Month nomination and reading about Sumedru’s Fires, a Romanian Autumn tradition.

09/07/202026/07/2024

An Ancient Door, Corvin Castle, Romania #Im4Ro

The visit to the ancient door of Corvin Castle, Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle in Romania takes us through a short history of knocking on doors and a look at some magnificent coat of arms.

Most doors shield a home from the outside world, and for that reason are both an invitation and a restrain, a question and a warning.

15/10/201929/04/2022

Looking UP: in Mamaia and Constanta, by the Black Sea #Im4Ro

While holidaying in Mamaia, near Constanta, at the Black Sea one August we booked a tour in a double-decked bus. Just as spectacular as Sighisoara, Brasov or Bucharest, here are some of the sights we spotted while looking up…

07/08/201905/01/2022

5 Remarkable Places You Will Want to Visit After Reading Silent Heroes, When Love and Values Are Worth Fighting for

Only five places to want to visit after reading a book such as Silent Heroes?

Whenever I read a book depicting real locations, actual places I can find on a map, a novel in which genuine artwork is described, and tangible, concrete buildings I know I can also visit are part of its setting, I tend to be more immersed in its story-line. The storytelling becomes more credible and, if by chance or choice, I visit those place I find myself immersed in that particular book again and, often, I pick it up and read it again.