If I were Bill Gates or Elon Musk, I would build a castle in this very place. The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian had a similar opinion when he built this castle in 1860…
Tag: History
Drinking tea with the Greek king…
If you are interested where the Greek king and his retinue went to rest, then Mon Repo is one of the sights of Corfu that you must visit…
Corfu my way
The greenest Greek island, Corfu, is located at the westernmost point of Greece. It is lapped by two seas, the Adriatic and the Greek, and is the second largest in the Ionian archipelago…
Elder, castles and other stories
In our house, a lot of elder juice is a must. As it is generally known, elder cannot be bought at the market, but must be picked up if you do not have your ‘dealer’ (grandmother, grandfather, aunt in the village, etc.) …
A short walk around Banat
If you get angry when you happen to be driving behind a tractor that is smoking and pulling on the road, then this text may not be for you. And so, one fine day, someone asked a question. Where to?
Why is Rupea interesting?
Rupea was not even on my crowded list for touring Transylvania. But when you head from the direction of Sigeshoara towards the famous Biertan church, the road takes you past a hill on which a very picturesque and rarely mentioned Rupea is perched…
