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Belarus – Central and Northeast (Minsk, Vitebsk, Orsha) NOMAD MANIA Belarus – Central and Northeast (Minsk, Vitebsk, Orsha) World Heritage Sites; Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh Tentative WHS: Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type … Continue reading →

Belarus – West (Brest, Hrodna, Baranavichy) NOMAD MANIA Belarus – West (Brest, Hrodna, Baranavichy) World Heritage Sites: Białowieża Forest Mir Castle Complex Struve Geodetic Arc Tentative WHS: Augustow Canal (30/01/2004) Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus, Poland and … Continue reading →

Happy Cemetery (Merry Cemetery) In Sapanta, in the very north of Romania near the Ukrainian border is this amazing cemetery.  Both the church and surrounding cemetery must be seen to be believed. All the grave markers are fantastic wood painted … Continue reading →

Romania – Northwest (Oradea, Maramureş, Cluj, Bistriţa, Salaj) May 30-31, 2019 ORADEA Oradea Trams. Unusually these are pretty modern, not the old “clunkers” so common throughout Romania. Ady Endre Memorial Museum. In a lovely 2-story Art Nouveau building in the … Continue reading →

  NOMAD MANIA Romania – Southeast (Constanţa, Tulcea, Brăila, Galaţi, Buzău) World Heritage Sites: Danube Delta ?Tentative WHS: L’ensemble rupestre de Basarabi (01/03/1991) Islands: Great Brăila Borders: Bulgaria-Romania Moldova-Romania Romania (sea border/port/river) Romania-Ukraine Lighthouses: Sulina Lighthouse of the European Commission … Continue reading →

Bucharest/South (Craiova, Ploieşti, Călăraşi, Slatina) May 28-June 6, 2019 I crossed into Romania over the huge dam across the Danube just north of the city of Drobeta-Turnu-Severin. There were no issues at either border, specifically my vehicle insurance was active … Continue reading →

Romania – Centre (Brasov, Şibiu, Alba, Mureş, Covasna, Harghita) May 28-June 3, 2019 ȘIBIU (pop 170,000) Sibiu is a city in Transylvania located 275 km north-west of Bucharest. The city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. Now … Continue reading →

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches. It is the second-oldest Slavic Orthodox Church in the world (after the Bulgarian Orthodox Church). The Serbian Orthodox Church comprises the majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is … Continue reading →

Romania – Centre (Brasov, Şibiu, Alba, Mureş, Covasna, Harghita) May 28-3, 2019 ȘIBIU (pop 170,000) Sibiu is a city in Transylvania located 275 km north-west of Bucharest. The city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. Now the … Continue reading →

Serbia – South and East (Niš, Požarevac, Smederevo, Pirot, Kladovo) May 26-27 2019 One sees Roma frequently: riding horse driven carts and their housing “districts” that look like squats – incredibly messy with garbage everywhere. They often beg with children … Continue reading →