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In search of freedom, wisdom and beauty in Romania

Romania: the country that is so enchanting and beguiling that it won't let you go once it has pressed you close to its warm heart. I'm exploring it on foot. Follow me on my travels and fall in love with this place too. Scroll down for adventures...

The Piatra Mica in winter

8th February 2020

PHOTO JOURNAL Last winter I was lucky enough to spend some time in Romania in winter – for the first time ever! After celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Buila-Vânturarița with friends and exploring the nearby Cozia Massif with Wilbert, I headed to Brașov to revisit the Piatra Craiului Mountains with some friends, old and new. Since the winds were too strong on the main ridge we restricted ourselves to do the Piatra Mica circuit – but as you will see, it was well worth it!

I had a dream: the discipline of freedom

5th January 2020

THOUGHTS on practising the discipline of freedom – “combining the right to choose freely, and the gift of choosing wisely”, as renowned conductor Leonard Bernstein once put it. “Freedom means being free to make decisions, to determine on a course. But decision means choice; and choice is impossible without rejection.”

The Piatra Mica in summer

23rd November 2019

PHOTO JOURNAL Yes, I am aware winter is encroaching on us in the northern hemisphere, but I still have summer stories to tell. Although I spent just over a month in Romania this summer it was crammed with adventures – and I still have many pictures to share. Time to catch up. Here is a photo journal of my hike to the Piatra Mica, the Piatra Craiului’s smaller but no-less-gorgeous sister.