Going to interact with the core of Via Transilvanica was the goal, and I needed to leverage Cluj’s main airport to do that. I didn’t miss Cluj-Napoca, but I missed the train scheduled for Bistrița and was stuck in the second largest city in Romania for a few hours. A disaster! I didn’t have any…
Tag: România
Via Transilvanica – a short interaction: the marathon!
I have, in some ways, a bound with Via Transilvanica for 10 years already. This is, for sure, the only touristic place that Romania has to offer to everybody. Details are here, on the very well maintained website. In essence, for those who don’t know, Via Transilvanica is a main path that goes from North-East…
Winter Olympic Games 2026, Cortina & Milan – case study
February 2026 marked another Winter Olympic Games edition completed successfully. This time in Italy, Cortina d’Ampezzo and Milan as hosts. Norway made history. Again. I won’t talk about them, as what you need to know about Norway, from which their sport approach heavily derives, can be found in several other posts on my site. I…
Romanian sport: 69 federations, 378K sports men & women, but where the… results?
I must admit I was stunned to find out that in Romania there are 69 sport federations, considering I didn’t know so many sport exist world wide, let alone in my native country. I mean, I am passionate about sports for at least quarter of a century, so if I didn’t know these, I bet…
Travelling by train in Romania: Bucharest – Cluj-Napoca – Șuncuiuș
In the last 20 years, I’ve travelled a lot by train, many times in Romania, and I think I could write a novel if I want to. But I don’t want to, because it won’t be a happy, successful one. Rather full of grief, hopelessness and amusement, if you can stomach everything. The main railroad…
Inside, The Village – a different kind of Romania, in the remote rural
After competing at the “Run for Life” Cross in October 2024, organized by Life Call, we both won our races, and then gained several wonderful prizes. Anca got a two days accommodation at Inside, The Village, in Dâmbovița county, Romania. Of course, being a two persons award, we both went there. It happened in mid-December…
Olympics 2024 Paris | David Popovici, the swimming sensation
After the 100 meters freestyle final end, where he achieved the bronze medal, at the Olympics 2024 Paris, David Popovici, the Romanian 19 year old swimmer, first ever male swimming Olympic champion for this country burst out at the interview, telling a painful truth, few speak about. Basically, David reinforced the fact that in Romania…
The bear Romanian problem – perfect mirror of the society
Romania has a very “nice” particularity, as a European Union country, meaning that you have great chances to be either eaten by a stray dog in the middle of Bucharest, or maybe other town, or by… a bear! It happened recently, and it keeps happening for some time. I will focus now on the bear…
Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2024 – the story of a mighty experience
Lavaredo Ultra Trail was on the wish list for quite long, and in 2024 the time for the participation came, as I was successfully extracted at the ballot. A procedure that becomes more frequent at such competitions, ones of the most popular in the world, with limited slots available. Being in the mountain side, it…
The flag – interesting facts about some countries
There are almost 200 independent states in the world, and each one has or should have a different flag. Most are quite straight forward, in spite can have a separate meaning. Rectangular, a couple of colors, and that is it. But I bet you know there are some special flags and you might wonder why….