Bulgarian Cousins to Transylvanian Szeklers

Posted by Pat on June 8, 2019 in Travel | ∞

8 June 2019 “We Szekelys have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights, for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of European races…What devil or what witch was ever so great as Attila, whose blood is in these veins?…Is it a […]

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Borgo Pass – Traveling In The Wake of Dracula

Posted by Pat on May 30, 2019 in Travel | ∞

Our Return To Transylvania  –  30 May 2019 Today is what travelers on a tour call “kick-back” day. We face a long drive across the eastern Carpathains, over a few high passes, and through the Transylvanian Basin. Our destination is Torockoszetgyorgy, a town I couldn’t pronounce no matter how much alcohol I consumed. Our drive […]

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Traipsing Thru Transylvania

Posted by Pat on May 24, 2019 in Travel | ∞

Sinaia and Bran Castle, Romania 22 May 2019 Any science fiction buff recognizes the Carpathian Mountains. These mountains form a 900-mile range in Central and Eastern Europe with peaks reaching upwards of 7800 feet. Over half of the Carpathians lie in Romania, where the forests are home to brown bears, lynxes and wolves. Its passes […]

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