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Celebrating Easter in Romania

April 12, 2018by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Despite being in Romania for almost two years now (wow), I had never had the pleasure of celebrating Easter here. Last year, we were in Venice for the holiday and […]

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romania, romanian culture, zarnesti

Winter Hiking in Piatra Craiului National Park

February 23, 2018by Keeping up with the Carpathians 2 Comments

I’ve written a few posts about Piatra Craiului in my blog. It’s a dream of mine to one day hike to the very top. Unfortunately, the timing has never been […]

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romania, the great outdoors, zarnesti

End of Summer Grill

September 27, 2017by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

It’s been a hot summer in Romania. The first week of August, we had heat wave that brought sun-filled crushing 100 degree temperatures. Maybe that seems a bit dramatic, but […]

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romania, romanian culture, the great outdoors, zarnesti

Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 3)

August 15, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

Okay – this is the third and last post on Romanian weddings! Are you exhausted yet? I am! 😛 Thankfully, the third day of the wedding was much more low […]

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romania, romanian culture, zarnesti

Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 2)

August 11, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

The second day of a Romanian day is the longest. My day started around 10:30 am when I met up with the bride at her house. She had just finished […]

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romania, romanian culture, zarnesti

Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 1)

August 7, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians 1 Comment

Late last month, two of our friends were married in a beautiful ceremony in Zarnesti. They had a traditional Romanian wedding and that means that we celebrated for three days. […]

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romania, romanian culture, zarnesti

Romanian Traditions: Summer Grilling

August 3, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

I’ve talked a lot about how much I admire the Romanian people and their dedication to enjoying and relaxing in nature. It’s easy to see why – the landscape here […]

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Piatra Craiului, romania, romanian culture, the great outdoors, zarnesti

Piatra Craiului Visitor Center opens in Zărnești

April 28, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians 1 Comment

Zarnesti has opened the visitor center at Parcului NaÅ£ional Piatra Craiului (Piatra Craiului National Park). The mountain and the visitor center are about 30 km from Brasov. I saw them building […]

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Piatra Craiului, romania, the great outdoors, zarnesti

Capra Neagra

January 23, 2016by Keeping up with the Carpathians Leave a comment

“Goats. They are weird. Yeah, they are crazy.” – Claudiu We drove up to Zarnesti to Piatra Craiului and the beautiful gorge that is in the park. It was absolutely […]

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Piatra Craiului, the great outdoors, zarnesti

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