Camara Europei – the store where you can satisfy all cravings
One of the places discovered this year is a very peculiar shop. What do I mean by this? Well, first of all, you can buy a lot of merchandise there that you couldn’t find anywhere else. It is called the European Pantry for a reason. Everything you’ve been craving for since your first taste in […]
Autumn Lockdown: How do we travel staying home? Episode 3: Italy
“Lasciatemi cantare Perché ne sono fiero Sono un italiano Un italiano vero” (lyrics of Toto Cutugno’s song “L’Italiano”) Have you ever been wondering what he was so proud of? Well, I have. And I had the chance to discover. Italy is the country of both the obvious and the details which only the careful, attentive […]
Autumn Lockdown: How do we travel staying home? Episode 2: Scottish affinities
Continuing the series about mind travelling to another land, in this article I choose to speak about my fondness for some aspects of the “Celtic culture”. As everyone experienced, 2020 has been a year without too many possibilities for traveling. I, however, was part of the lucky people who had a trip booked in the […]
Autumn Lockdown: How do we travel staying home? Episode 1: Scandinavia
Since we are in lockdown and we cannot travel these days, I was thinking of presenting to you what I do when I miss traveling. I will make a series of articles about some activities which take my mind far away. In this first “episode“, I will give you some suggestions for mind wandering to […]
To fish or not to fish? Păstrăvăria Albota is the answer
Craving stomach, again. What to eat? Where to eat? These questions are recurring! When you are eager for some exquisite taste, it feels like it is very hard to decide what exactly you want to eat because a lot of delicious dishes are crossing your mind. Still, it’s been a while since I last ate […]
Gușterița hill, thank God it’s Friday!
Friday! Thank God it’s Friday! Such enthusiasm has grown for the weekend. Because, as usually, I have spent five working days were just planning it. But why wait for Saturday morning for all your plans when the excitement does not let you sit calmly on the sofa scrolling social media or abusing Netflix on its […]
Ileana wine cellar, what and where to eat on a rainy day?
It is dark and raining but that did not stop me from wanting to eat my dinner at a restaurant, before other restrictions might come in place. For this evening, I wanted to check Kombinat Gastro-Brewery but we realized it was closed just when we got there so a change of plan had to be […]
Spontaneous idea: BBQ in Răşinari
Some days, it feels like life starts only after 6 p.m. I assume I am not the only one experiencing this feeling, right? We wake up almost mechanically, sometimes 3 minutes before the alarm starts. Isn’t it right that you always get up on the same side of the bed? Just think about it! Instinctively, […]
Picking mushrooms
You already know that I am a foodie. Another thing is that I grew up in a mountain town at an 816m altitude (elevation), and the (coniferous) forest was a 10 minutes ride away. My parents are nature lovers and when I was a kid we used to spend a lot of time in the […]
Bike trip to Rășinari #MobilityWeek
#MobilityWeek started and what better reason one needs for grabbing the bike and enjoying the sun on the bike path in Dumbrava Sibiului. Best part about having a bike in Sibiu is that you can actually use it in the city as well. I live at the border with Selimbar and we have a bike […]
