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Brasov to Sighisoara Transylvania: By Train

July 6, 2018 by hollyGS

The train ride from Brasov to Sighisoara starting off as an interesting adventure. We tried to purchase train tickets the day before at the station in Brasov. The lady at the information desk at the rail station refused to speak to me, or make eye contact, so I was unable to even try and purchase tickets. This made me quite anxious about trying to purchase tickets the next day. However, the next day we queued up at one of […]

Categories: Europe, Romania • Tags: Beer, citadel, culture, Europe, halloween, hiking, old town, Romania, sighisoara, spooky travel, Transylvania, travel, travel blog, travel europe, travel vlog, vlad the impaler, wander, winter

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Brasov, Romania: So much to See!

June 29, 2018 by hollyGS

Before we arrived in Brasov, we knew very little about what to see and do. Besides seeing the Black and White towers and ogling the Brasov Hollywood sign, there is sooooo much to see and do in Brasov Romania! Much like other Medieval fortified cities, Brasov is surrounded by walls, towers and bastillions. Each tower and bastillion is maintained by a skilled trades guild. For example, the Black Tower would be defended by the blacksmiths of Brasov. Such […]

Categories: Europe, Romania • Tags: Beer, Brasov, citadel, culture, Europe, halloween, hiking, medieval, old town, Romania, Transylvania, travel, travel europe, vlad the impaler, wander, winter

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Rasnov Citadel: Day trip from Brasov

June 23, 2018 by hollyGS

When researching about Romania, one of the tourist attractions we were most excited to see was Bran Castle. Whilst looking up information about taking a day trip to Bran Castle, we came across quite a few posts suggesting that you combine both a trip to Bran and Rasnov in a single day trip. I am so glad we took the advice of the internet hive mind, and visited Rasnov, because I may have enjoyed Rasnov Citadel even more that Bran […]

Categories: Europe, Romania • Tags: Beer, bran castle, Brasov, culture, Europe, halloween, rasnov, rasnov citadel, Transylvania, travel, wander, winter

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BRAN CASTLE: Brasov to Bran

May 29, 2018 by hollyGS

Whilst staying in Brasov, we went on an incredible day trip to Bran Castle and Rasnov Citadel. Bran is located about 45 minutes outside of Brasov, by city bus. The Local Bus Terminal in Brasov is located just outside the Old City. From the local terminal you take bus number 12, although it is simpler to look for signs in the bus window that say “Bran” or “Rasnov” In order to know when to get off the bus in […]

Categories: Europe, Romania • Tags: Bran, bran castle, Brasov, culture, Europe, halloween, rasnov, Romania, Transylvania, travel, vlad the impaler, wander, winter

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Bucharest to Brasov Romania

May 22, 2018 by hollyGS

For our first full day in Romania we took the train to Brasov Romania, the heart of Transylvania. We started the morning off in Bucharest city centre, and walked rather leisurely across the city towards the main train station, Gara de Nord. We stopped to see everything that look interesting along the way, and had a delicious breakfast at a French cafe. Going by train from Bucharest’s Gara de Nord to Brasov is fairly easy! You can arrive right before […]

Categories: Europe, Romania • Tags: Beer, Bran, Brasov, culture, dracula, Europe, explore europe, mulled wine, old town, Romania, Transylvania, travel, travel europe, undiscovered europe, vlad the impaler

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Bucharest Romania Pt.1

May 15, 2018 by hollyGS

Romania! This was the place we were most excited to visit for my husband’s first time in Europe! We arrived at the Bucharest airport in the evening after having been awake for almost three days because of cancelled flights. So, needless to say, we were pretty excited to get to our hostel and sleep. We jumped on the 783 bus from Bucharest airport to the city centre. It was rush hour, so the trip took nearly two hours! The ticket […]

Categories: Europe, Romania • Tags: Beer, bucharest, culture, Europe, flying, monastery, old town, Romania, travel, wander, winter

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WOW: Terrible Airline!

May 2, 2018 by hollyGS

A bit of a change from our typical layout, this time we made the video first. Watch our video about how we were abandoned by WOW airlines in Toronto!

Categories: Canada, Ireland • Tags: Canada, culture, Europe, flying, terrible airline, toronto, travel, wow, WOW airlines

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Dublin: Short Layovers

April 15, 2018 by hollyGS

We had initially planned on having more than 24 hours in Dublin Ireland to explore, but that time was reduced to 4 hours because WOW airlines cancelled our flight unexpectedly ( I’ll go into detail about what we think about WOW in a later post…). However, because WOW cancelled our flight, we were able to discover that you can see quite a lot in Dublin with only a few hours to spare. Firstly, it is incredibly easy to get into […]

Categories: Europe, Ireland • Tags: Beer, culture, Dublin, dublin airport, ha'penny bridge, Ieland, short stop over, travel, trinity College, WOW airlines

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Top 10: Things to do in BEIJING ,CHINA

February 1, 2018 by hollyGS

I never thought I’d get to explore Asia first hand. As a kid I was completely enthralled by Asian cultures, specifically China. My mom had always been interested in Chinese fabrics, food, music etc. but I assumed that we would be limited to visiting China towns. We found every chance we could to visit China town in Toronto and New York, and that was alright by me. Then, one day I found a flight to Beijing for $800 and I […]

Categories: Asia, China • Tags: Asia, China, culture, forbidden city, great wall, night market, temple of heaven, travel, travel blog, wander

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Brasov to Sighisoara Transylvania: By Train

Brasov, Romania: So much to See!

Rasnov Citadel: Day trip from Brasov

BRAN CASTLE: Brasov to Bran

Bucharest to Brasov Romania

Bucharest Romania Pt.1

WOW: Terrible Airline!

Dublin: Short Layovers

Top 10: Things to do in BEIJING ,CHINA