Rollercoaster fans would like the zurich-lausanne train trip.. it goes very fast, and the inclination it does during curves is amazing. And there are plenty of turns, some at the edge of lakes, you feel you’ll take a dive now, with train and all, others literally over people’s gardens, you can see the vegetables in…

Last week was crazy.. slept 2-2-3-4-5 hours. Insane rhythm, nobody has time for you, to coach or pamper you.. you’d better be up to speed, and the speed is high.. was stressful especially at the beginning, as I felt a bit from another world in another world, but I ended up learning in this week…

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…

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..

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…

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.

greetings from a desi internet cafe in rome. fontana di trevi is.. amazing..

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…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

no write-up yet.. all in my head.. but pictures are here.

Don’t know if you know the story “Prince & Beggar”. Mark Twain, I think. If you do, fine, if not, never mind. The point is, if someone asked me what I wd rather be, prince or bum, I’d say – yes. Prince AND bum. It puts things into perspective. And my time so far in…

Sunday, 31 Jul, train Interlaken-Zurich, 7 pm I know. I didnt write much. barely, actually. Doesnt mean i didnt think of, but never took enough time – ‘cause it takes quite a bit of time to sit down and do it. So what i want is give both my conscience and my laziness justice, as…

Has been a while… time flies… during the week, work, in weekends, travel, thats pretty much all about me. This weekend has been a memorable one. But to illustrate that – a bit of lingvistic history: Raeto-Roman, a.k.a. Raeto-Romanisch, Rumantsch, or simply Romanisch, is a language spoken by roughly 48,000 people, only in Switzerland. It…

The small principality situated between Austria and Switzerland is very cute… located where East and West Alps meet, the very small capital Vaduz and especially the princiar castle on the mountain offer some spectacular views.. some can be seen here. Sunday night… well, here we go again…