It’s nearly Halloween again, when witches, vampires, ghosts and the undead walk the earth for their one night of the year. Let’s hope that one of the most famous characters, Dracula, is not out this weekend… But who was Dracula, and how did he get to be so famous? Well, Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is one of history’s most murderous...

Timisoara had to be on our list of places to see in Romania. They have beer. We were told by many that the city of Timisoara was a “better” version of Bucharest, and certainly a hot spot in Romania. Concidentally, all these cities in Romania the we wanted to visit were mostly in the western portion of the Country, so very convenient. Because we did...

After being cooped up in Bucharest for a period of time long enough to be worthy of using the term “cooped up” it was like a breath of fresh air (literally) to finally pull away from the outskirts of the city. This is the first leg of what is to become our road trip around Romania. Read The Introduction To This Series Here. We fueled up our car and...