I am ashamed to admit that when we passed through the small city of Sighetu Marmaţiei, in the north of ...
Read More

Last week I posted about the fortified churches in Transylvania, eight of which make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...
Read More

Once upon a time, the King of Hungary, called Geza II (1141-1162), had a problem. His kingdom needed defending, especially ...
Read More

As the crowds shuffled through the castle, some tourists tried to stake out spots where they could take pictures of ...
Read More

An ossuary, a crypt full of mummies, and a nuclear bomb shelter. Somehow the one day I spent sightseeing with ...
Read More

A Communist Consumers Museum? Isn’t that a contradiction in terms? I mean, in the Cold War, we in the West ...
Read More

Majestic buildings boast imposing, ornate facades, even on the side streets. Edged with statues, often figurative, each row of windows ...
Read More

A recent article from The New York Times has been making the rounds in Facebook travel groups. Written by Shivani ...
Read More

I love castles, especially the medieval kind. I wrote about this attraction to everything medieval a few years ago, trying ...
Read More