Happy New Year 2007!!

Thursday, January 04, 2007, 00:49 Greetings from the European Union! Romania joined 1st of Jan, and I am quite pleased. Went to Bucharest for the few hours between the years.. didn’t feel much, was thinking back a lot to the whole year 2006.. almost didn’t realize I was in the university square with other few…

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a great year 2007!!Greetings from Bucharest/Sighisoara, where I am about these days. Till beginning of Jan I will be mostly at home in Sighisoara; after that the project is going on in Bucharest till end of Jan. And then – God knows.Have a great winter break and see you in 2007!

smug mugs & pictures

i dedicated a lot of the very little available free time lately to this online gallery on smugmug. put some of my favorite pictures from an “artistic wannabe” point of view, pictures i thought were special or particularily expressive. it’s work in progress, haven’t scanned the entire (huge) picture database :).i like the cool “map…

november sun

what? i’m not the only one in shock after starting work, post-2years of vacation. time compression, cut down on sleep of all important things.. i’m glad i get to post these pictures from bucharest, before autumn is over. sh*t, it IS almost over!! team is great fun. project is interesting. yes, these hords of numbers…

bucharest

greetings from bucharest, site of my first project. it’s intense already.. but looks interesting.and yes, believe it or not, my vacation is over… and in style.oh well. here we go… p.s. pictures of bucharest, from the balcony of my hotel room, from when i got to the hotel (after midnight) and when i left the…

locarno

greetings from Locarno, southern (italian speaking) part of switzerland, where the sun is just rising over the splendid Lago Maggiore. and this means i have to hurry for another day of introduction training..

ketchup

to catch up, some scenes from the european trip.. including stuff from way back.. sometimes when i couldnt get to the internet, i put stuff down on the laptop, so i wont forget. now i have internet in my hotel room, so i am quickly taking advantage to post it. who knows when i’ll have…

time stands still in venice

if rome is a meeting point for eras and civilizations, from ancient romans to medieval italy, from the birth of a great european civilization thru its renaissance and now to modern and post-modern times, all coming together in an incredibly colorful, diverse and charming mosaique, florence on the other hand is pure medieval, with all…

pantheon

If you’re going to Rome and by any chance pass by Agrippa’s Pantheon, go to the Gelateria Tempio behind the fountain, get a forest-fruit-and-chocolate ice cream, and eat the best ice cream in the world. not probably. for sure.

choice

if you have to choose ONE thing to see in rome, see the colisseum.. and.. the fori.. and.. piazza venezia.. and.. basilica san pietro in the vatican.. and… what? you cant choose JUST ONE thing to see in rome..

greetings from budapest

adventure thru europe with parents has started. greetings from budapest, first destination. arrived early morning with the roosters after a 45 mins flight – still very convenient as opposed to a night on a train (long live low-cost airlines :). staying in a minusculous but very well-organized apartment in the centre.. long live hostelworld.com.. travel…

Off to Budapest & Italy

Vacation almost over :(.. am taking off tomorrow morning to Budapest for a day, then Rome, Florence, Venice, Zurich, with my parents and sister. I wont be reachable at the Romanian phone number any more. Will update with new contact details when available. Sometime in early October, I hope. Nice early autumn here, not so…

Back from Bucharest

Survived the big drive from Bucharest.. went there last Saturday, was ok, not much traffic.. came back on Thursday, left around 10:30 am, thinking to avoid 8-9 am rush hours.. well.. if that is NOT rush hour.. anyway, wasnt too bad, managed to get out.. stopped on the way to take pictures, went on some…

Bucharest

Greetings from Bucharest! Am visiting friends and family before the big departure.. I passed the motorcycle exam, and drove down here afterwards, 300 km through mountains, hills and plains, a journey of big adventure for me, as I havent been driving in the past 10 years. Went ok so far, hope I’ll get home safe.Salut!

Transylvanian impressions; subscription feature

Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 00:26 Just posted some pictures from my small trips around Sighisoara, in Southern Transylvania. These weeks I took my parents or drove alone through the hills, finding remote villages with small medieval church-fortresses, some colorful towns and resorts, as well as Targu Mures, the more fancy county capital.On Sunday I climbed…

Sighisoara Medieval Festival

Tuesday, August 01, 2006, 23:18 Time flies.. it’s nice on vacation :).Sighisoara transformed radically the past week-end.. from an oasis of peace and quiet it became the epicenter of youth, fun, noise and agglomeration, during the annual Medieval Festival. The city usually triples its population (otherwise below 40,000) during this week-end. The old streets became…

Sighisoara, home sweet home..

Thursday, July 13, 2006, 16:27 Sighisoara.. (read smthn like: See-ghee-show-ah-rah).. I fell in love with this place after I left it.. growing up here I was not aware how beautiful it is, maybe also because I didn’t have much of a frame of reference.. barely traveled, growing up.. but after I left to the university…

London

Saturday, July 01, 2006, 11:01 British accent is.. charming!! I didn’t like it much up till now.. but it sounds very nice being “immersed” in it..I didn’t sleep on the flight, which is extremely unusual for me.. couldn’t sleep.. watched 2 movies, restless.. I arrived at gatwick at 7 am.. took me more than 3…

The Long Wild Vast West Trip in Short

Sunday, June 04, 2006, 18:13 We’re about thru the first half of the Great Wild Tame West Trip. On the way from Oregon to San Francisco, we are crossing Nothern California, will pass through Sacramento soon. Navjit and I started the trip in Los Angeles, on may 20. We stayed at Lumi’s place. Lumi is…