http://blog.earomania.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:16:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the begining of last week, I had to drop of some clients in Budapest Hungary, and based on my experience in the short time I was there (1.5 days), I decided to write here a few of my impressions. First thing that you have to do, is actually exit Romania. ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/incursion-into-hungary This Sunday I spent my day with Michael and Renee, 2 Jewish Americans, in search for their family roots. His great grandparents lived in Iasi, and as many others, Michael is interested in any detail that it could lead him to lost family members... We began our day with a visit ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/jewish-heritage-tour-of-iasi Romania is a country where you can have a great range of adventures. It could be driving ATV's through mountain routes, doing kayaking on some of the rivers, you could even do Bungee Jumping at Vidraru Lake, fly with a hot air balloon over the beautiful fields of this country...but.... I ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/extreme-adventures-with-earomania My rating: I discovered this B&B as it was just given in use at the beginning of April 2008. Rated with 3 daisies, this B&B is a gem in my opinion. Furnished in a modern style, with flat screen TV's, wireless internet, breakfast included in the small tariffs, and with the ... http://blog.earomania.com/accommodation-reviews/delta-dunarii-bb-tulcea Yesterday I took off from Iasi with my destination Tulcea, where my boyfriend had to attend a course. The itinerary passed through Vaslui - Tecuci - Galati - Isaccea  to finally reach Tulcea. After crossing the ferry over the Danube at Galati, in about 10-15 km we saw a sign ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/dinogetia-fortress My rating: Do not be fooled by the website informations on this B&B in Shanagarry/Ireland. On the outside everything seems OK...nice location etc. The place basically looked like a normal house...with clothes thrown all over in the living room, a boy playing games on the computer in the lobby, everyone ... http://blog.earomania.com/accommodation-reviews/white-lodge-shanagarry I have been spending quite a bit of time in the Retezat Mountains lately, or better said close to them. It was about time for me to explore more than the outskirts of the forests of the Retezat National Park (had 2 attempts in winter, but had to give up ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/bucura-lake-retezat-national-park I have wanted to visit Scarisoara Ice Cave for quite a few years and this time it seemed to be the perfect moment. Took off from Cluj city, on the road passing through Turda and Campeni until we reached Garda de Sus village. Here, right in the center of the village ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/scarisoara-ice-cave My rating: Today we decided to have dinner in Turda town since we were in the area visiting the Turda Gorges, in Cluj Napoca County. We walked or a bit through downtown, and on a side street we found this 4 star hotel and restaurant, The Hunter Prince Castle. The design ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/the-hunter-prince-castle-restaurant-%e2%80%93-turda Another day, another adventure. This morning we left optimistic toward the Turda Gorges. From Mihai Viteazu village we continued until the crossroads leading to Cheia, than before entering the village, we took the road to the right, with the interdiction sign!! After the stone and marble carrier the road turned into a ... http://blog.earomania.com/uncategorized/turda-gorges