Top 7 Reasons to Visit Budapest During Winter

Winter in Central-Eastern Europe conjures images of snow, mulled wine, and wearing an entire wardrobe so that you won’t feel cold outside. Over the past years (thanks, global warming), winter is quite mild in this area but the cold spells can show up anytime (like the 2016-2017 really cold temperatures in late December have proven).

4 Things I like about Arad

I’ve been living in Arad, Romania all my life (that’s 30 years). I learned to love my city , but I also hate it with all my heart. It’s a constant love-hate relationship between us, I must admit. I love the spring with its bright green and I love the fall with its superb foliage.…

Lesser Known Christmas Markets: Budapest

I’ve written before about Christmas Markets in Europe but this year Alex reminded me that there’s a Christmas Market in Budapest, as well. Which obviously means that my mind jumped to this reaction: “I.Must.Visit”. This year (2011) the Christmas Market in Budapest opens on November 18 (that’s next Friday, by the way) and closes on…

Travelling in your home town

Sometimes it feels like staying in one place is depressing. To make this feeling less strong, I usually do things, like searching for unknown places in my own hometown, or place where I live, or take pictures of events trying to find something new in my town. One thing that you can do is to…