Iasi

Palace of Culture and Plaza, Iasi, Romania

June 28 – July 26, 2019 (Summer) Our big question after Cluj was whether we should go east, or west? Serbia and Croatia were tempting targets, but the convoluted connections were a drawback. Instead, we settled on a simpler journey through eastern Romania toward Moldova and Ukraine. Iași (pronounced ‘yash’)…

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Cluj-Napoca

Underground Lake in Salina Turda, Romania

May 31 – June 28, 2019 (Summer) Romania is becoming something of a default choice for us. Low cost of living, good quality of life, easy to get to and around, and (as of 2019) still outside the Schengen Area. Cluj-Napoca is arguably its most international city outside the capital…

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Timisoara

Scart Loc Lejer, Timisoara, Romania

August 16 – September 13, 2017 (End of summer) Once again out of Schengen time, we decided to revisit Romania to kick off a grand tour of the Balkans. Timisoara had everything we were looking for: low cost of living, high quality of life, and way fewer people than Bucharest.…

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Bucharest

Church of St. Anthony, Bucharest, Romania

May 26 – June 23, 2016 (Early summer) The capital of Romania is perhaps the most populous “hidden gem” in Europe. Bucharest exists on a grander scale than we imagined: massive neoclassical facades and wide boulevards reminded us of Paris, though the brutalist remnants of Ceaușescu’s communist regime are quick…

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