
I wanted this year not to miss the “autumn colors” in the Romanian mountains, but somehow (mainly because we were cold during those days) we managed to miss the trip to the mountains when the colors were at their peak (late October). But, things were not completely lost and when our friend from Madrid announced us of their visit to [...]
Nov 16, 2011 | Categories: ai sus, a_thumbs, Din culise, Discover Romania, Peisaj | Tags: #dinromania, Albota, Alin Popescu, Astra Village Museum Sibiu, autumn colors, Bran, Brasov, case, Castle, Citadel, culori de toamna, Descopera Romania, Discover Romania, Fish Farm, Fortress, Magura village, Pelisor, Rasnov, sat, Sibiu, tradition, traditional | 8 Comments »

August was the month of our holiday this year. In the past few years we had all of our holidays outside Romania, in other countries. This year, we chose to travel one more time by car in a tour inside our beautiful country (we did same thing last time when we bought a new car in 2005). [...]
Sep 13, 2011 | Categories: ai sus, a_thumbs, Discover Romania, Peisaj | Leave A Comment »

This time, I will show you some unique natural phenomenon for the entire Europe. These are the mud volcanoes. The term mud volcano or mud dome are used to refer to formations created by geo-excreted liquids and gases, although there are several different processes which may cause such activity. Hot water mixes with mud and surface deposits. They can be [...]
Jul 31, 2011 | Categories: Discover Romania | Tags: Alin Popescu, berca, buzau, Discover Romania by Alin Popescu, flora, landscapes, mud volcanoes, muddy, muddy volcano, phenomena, Romania, ruins, seasons, stunning, travel destinations romania, volcano, water, world heritage sites | 2 Comments »

The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. I’ve been several times to visit the Delta and every time I found “her” very wild. A land of “World Heritage Sites”, it remained this way because of the harsh conditions for living. These [...]
Jul 07, 2011 | Categories: Discover Romania | Tags: Alin Popescu, danube, danube delta, delta, Discover Romania by Alin Popescu, fauna, flora, landscapes, Romania, ruins, seasons, stunning, travel destinations romania, water, wildlife, world heritage sites | Leave A Comment »

Since the first episode was about the greatest driving road in the world (as car show TopGear said it loud and clear), this second episode is still about a road that we have it here in Romania. It’s the DN 7c, also known as Transalpina. It is reaching higher peaks than Transfagarasanu road, it’s even more [...]
Jul 05, 2011 | Categories: Discover Romania | Tags: Alin Popescu, Discover Romania by Alin Popescu, dn 7 c, dn 7c, dn7c, jiu, landscapes, obarsia lotrului, ranca, ranca sky resort, roads, Romania, seasons, snow, stunning, topgear best road, transalpina, Transfagaras, Transfagarasan, Transfagarasanul, travel destinations romania, views, winter | 1 Comment »

Because I’ve traveled a lot in the past and I still enjoy travelling, and also because a lot of foreign friends are asking me to do so, I’ve decided to post some photos from the tourist destinations here in Romania. I will post only photos and no travel directions, just to stir you up. In [...]
Jul 03, 2011 | Categories: Discover Romania | Tags: Alin Popescu, balea, balea lake, Discover Romania by Alin Popescu, roads, Romania, snow, topgear best road, Transfagaras, Transfagarasan, Transfagarasanul, travel destinations romania, winter | 1 Comment »