Tag Archives: Romania
The Balkans – Europe’s Forgotten Frontier.
The above is the title for a two part BBC production hosted by Europe correspondent Katya Adler. The two part series visits Croatia, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo & Serbia and focuses on the divisions that still remain there, the extraordinary beauty of the region and the battle for influence there between the EU, […]
Euro 24 Match Day 17 – Romania v Netherlands
In 2011 I did an Eastern European train tour which started with two overnight trains – Budapest to Bucharest followed by Bucharest to Chisinău in Moldova. The latter train was hauled by a beast of a locomotive, whilst our first class sleeper featured net curtains and a plastic tree! Netherlands I travelled on the first […]
Euro 24 Match Day 13 – Slovakia v Romania
Romania My first visit to Romania was in the mid 90s when I went skiing in the mountains near the city of Brasov in Transylvania. It was the end of my skiing days due to a rather horrid crash, the effects of which I still feel today on occasions in my shoulder. On one foggy […]
Euro 24 Match Day 9 – Belgium v Romania
Belgium started with a shock defeat against Slovakia, whilst Romania beat Ukraine 3-0. They meet here in Cologne. Belgium Bruges is the most visited city in Belgium after Brussels. And no wonder with its beautiful buildings & scenic canals. I had the pleasure of going there with late mum, dad & wife, so the city […]
Euro 24 Match Day 4 – Ukraine v Romania
In 2011 I undertook a rail holiday taking in Hungary, Romania, Moldova & Ukraine, so I will focus on our departure point into Moldova from Bucharest, and our entry point into Ukraine, Odesa. Romania Growing up, Romania was synonymous with Communism and the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. The fall of the Iron Curtain predicated on […]
Monday Morning Blues, Timisoara in Romania
This picture of Unirii Square in Timisoara was taken 5-years ago. I would thoroughly recommend a visit.
Sunday Photo – Romanian Loco in Timisoara
Picture from 2017 trip to Romania. We travelled by rail & taxi from Belgrade. Should’ve been trains all the way but dreaded engineering works meant we had to take a taxi from Vrsac across the border.
Euro 2020 Rest Day 2 – Non-Qualifying Nations – Iceland, Romania & Albania
24 nations qualified for Euro 2020 and according to whose list you consider as accurate, there are between 44 (United Nations figure) and 51 (Wikipedia) countries in Europe. Here are three more that didn’t make it to the finals. Iceland The tiny nation of less than 5 million people qualified last time and actually knocked […]
European Train Tour #4 – Eastern Europe
Train Tours Around Eastern Europe This is more an account of several train tours undertaken between 2006 and 2014, some of which are featured in my book about train tours in the Balkans. 2006, Istanbul – Thessaloniki – Meteora – Skopje – Lake Ohrid – Nis – Sofia We were due to take a October […]
Balkans Tour 2017 – Timișoara, The Final Act
Reliving my 2017 tour of the Balkans……. Timișoara, Romania After eight late September days away from the UK we had arrived in the sixth and final country of our mini-tour of the region. Had we left the best to last? On balance, we probably had. Our spacious & modern apartment was set in a lovely […]
