Celebrating Easter in Romania
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 […]
Category Archives: zarnesti
Winter Hiking in Piatra Craiului National Park
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 […]
End of Summer Grill
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 […]
Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 3)
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 […]
Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 2)
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 […]
Romanian Traditions: Weddings (part 1)
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. […]
Romanian Traditions: Summer Grilling
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 […]
Piatra Craiului Visitor Center opens in Zărnești
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 […]
Capra Neagra
“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 […]
Keeping up with the Carpathians 