“Around the lake, the sound of falling water, a thousand birds and butterflies, and unseen flowers, and as many reasons to visit us and start walking.”
From the Romanian forest with a heavy heart
Într-o duminică plec cu prietenul meu Victor Menaschez, cel mai mare sportiv din Cârlibaba, spre…
Romania - the best of both worlds!
While Romanians have been massively leaving their home country, a lot of foreigners are settling in Romania.
Eastern europa and the price of our condecendence (written for Dutch public)
Four years ago I moved from Holland to Romania...sometimes I refer to it as a mind-expanding revelation, on other days as a bad trip...
When Romanian tourists advice me to attract foreign tourists to Carlibaba for wintersport I smile politely - how can we compete with the Alps, where every village has ski-slopes, all connected very efficiently
After a busy summer season along the Bistritsa river I write while in Balcic/Bulgaria...
As a Dutchman living in Romania I see the Romanian roads full of expensive cars and the IQ of their drivers up till average, it's not that I feel outsmarted, I would rather say out-"schemed".
On the road to Carlibaba I listen to the radio: "Mrs Teacher", asks the reported, "many would consider your salary a decent salary..."
Heart of Transylvania, about heritage protection and tourism
We waited long for this moment - to arrive at our old german house in Metis, where we are busy renovating...