Birthplace of a legend Sighișoara is a small town on the Târnava Mare River in Transylvania, Romania. It’s a rather picturesque, well preserved medieval town that has been put on the tourist map by the fact that the infamous Vlad Dracula (aka: Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Țepeș or Vlad III, Prince […]
Exploring Maramures We had a fantastic day today driving around Maramures in a little private bus with our tour group and a local, English-speaking guide who showed us some of the region’s premier heritage sites and best valley views. As you know if you’re a […]
Travelling across the Great Hungarian Plains… We crossed the Hungarian Nagyafold (translation = Great Plains) today on our way from Eger into Romania. Hungary’s vast flatlands are akin to the Aussie Outback in some ways; the Aussie Outback tends to be somewhat warmer and drier, but the overall […]
Exploring Eger… We left the big city traffic and chaos of Budapest behind today and headed East, bound for one of Hungary’s prettiest best preserved Baroque town: Eger. Eger is a relatively small town (population about 55,000) in the Northern Uplands (Hungary’s version of highlands […]
A walking tour of Buda’s twin city across the river We spent today exploring Pest, along the Eastern bank of the Danube River. There has been a “lower city” in this location for over 2,000 years, with the Romans building Contra-Aquincum across the river from the fortified town of […]
Wandering Soles 