Category: Travel

Cluj-Napoca - East & Opera Area

We continue in this article our journey through the eastern part of Cluj, around the Opera Place. This is the Teacher's House in Cipariu Square, built in 1902. It now hosts the Cluj-Napoca Trade…

By Cezar

Cluj-Napoca - South

We continue our voyage in the center of Cluj, walking through the southern part. At the time when I took the photos, the area was under renovation, but one can still catch a glimpse of the architecture and the…

By Cezar

Cluj-Napoca - Inside the Walls

In this article we continue our journey through the old center of Cluj, mainly between the 3 cathedrals of the city, the Roman-Catholic, Greek-Catholic and Orthodox one. We begin from the north-eastern corner of Unirii…

By Cezar

Cluj-Napoca - Outside the Walls

In this article we will continue our journey on the outer side of the ancient walls of the old town of Cluj. We will start from the western area, go by the town hall, then pass through Lucian Blaga square and follow the…

By Cezar

Cluj-Napoca - West & Park Area

After the northern …and part of Cluj, we continue our journey by going to the far western part of the city, towards Mănăștur area, mainly around the Central Park.

By Cezar

Cluj-Napoca - Center-North

This article continues our journey through Cluj, following the previous one. We will see mainly 3 distinct areas: the Mihai Viteazu area, the Baritiu Street and the Museum Square, which is the oldest part of the…

By Cezar

Cluj-Napoca - North

Cluj-Napoca, the capital of Transylvania, is the place where I lived most of my life. It is the only place in Romania I really love and, despite the fact that there are more beautiful places out there and that the last…

By Cezar

Early Morning First light to Early Evening Fire Light

It's hard to believe that in exactly two months we will have lived in an RV for the past 18 years. Home may be where the heart is, but for us it also where the RV is parked.…

By robrose

There Is Always Something That Goes Wrong

After another long drive we arrived back at our RV lot in the Rio Grand Valley of Texas. This trip was just over 8,000 miles and lasted nearly 5 months. (Statistics tomorrow, maybe, possibly, hopefully. …

By robrose

How to use the AM/PM notation when talking about time

In the US (and a few other places) the 24 hour clock is not commonly used or understood by the average person. When context cannot distinguish between two similarly numbered hours from different parts of the day, AM or…

By ruario

Waiting Allerheiligen

The main market getting ready for the coming three days of holiday (Allhallowtide or Hallowmas): All Hallows' Eve (or Halloween, on October the 31st), All Saints' Day (November the 1st) and All Souls' Day (November the…

By Cezar

Ottawa warns LGBTQ travellers they could be hit by U.S. state laws – CBC News [2023-08-29]

Global Affairs Canada has updated its travel advisory for the United States by warning LGBTQ people that some state laws may affect them on their travels. “Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect…

By canadianguy