England

Island of people

When I told my mum that we were going to Isle of Man, she said ” An island of male? I want to go there, too”. But “man” in English has…

England

To the Isle of Man

We went to the Isle of Man during the early May bank holiday. My husband used to collect stamps and his first collection was those of Isle of Man, without knowing…

Romania

Flat

In Bucharest, we stayed in our friends’ flat for ourselves. They bought this flat for their daughter, and at the moment, they were getting ready to be able to live in. They…

Bucharest

Menu of Easter feast

We always plan to go somewhere outside of western Europe for the Easter holidays, because the shops and services are closed in the west. The Orthodox church has got the different date…

Romania

Walk in Bucharest

We were not very lucky with the weather during our travel in Romania, but on the Easter Sunday, we had a lovely blue sky. So we walked around the centre of Bucharest…

Romania

Village Museum

We went to National Village Museum in Bucharest in Romania. More than 60 real houses and churches from all over Romania were dismantled and reconstructed in this site which is as large…

Romania

Dracula’s grave

Dracula was buried in an island in Snagov lake which is about 40 km north of Romanian capital, Bucharest, but after a while, when someone dug the grave, the body had been…

Romania

Outlaw’s inn

After visiting monasteries in Valcea County in Romania, it was the time for lunch. We went to a restaurant called Hanul Haiducilor in Ramnic Valcea, which is the biggest town around here….