Hannah, Author at dreamtravelerblog

Exploring the Nature in Terschelling

Terschelling Island (in northern Netherlands) was the ideal place for a short adventure in the middle of nature for Valeria, a 24 year old Romanian woman who visited the Dutch island in the autumn of 2009 and was kind enough to tell us about her experience.Valeria’s visit to Terschelling was a short, five days trip, occasioned by an international physics conference she attended and she was impressed by the natural scenery, the hospitality, the culture and the habits of this community of around 5,000 people.We would like to express our thanks to Valeria for accepting to share her experience with us...

A Visit to the Mogosoaia Palace

If you go to Bucharest, Romania’s capital, and you are into museums and monuments, Mogoşoaia Palace is a place you should add on your list. The palace is located about 14 km from Bucharest, in the small city of Mogoşoaia, near the lake with the same name and surrounded by forest. It is well worth a visit, be it winter – when the lake freezes, creating a magical landscape – or summer – when the nearby forest and flower gardens around the palace are a true delight for photographers. Getting There At the weekend, if you go by car from Bucharest, you will get...

Easter in Romania

This year we celebrated Easter at home with our families and tasted the delicious southern Romanian traditional dishes. In fact, we did a little more than just tasting the food, so now we struggle with those extra pounds we gained, a consequence of our mothers’ culinary talents, of course, but also of our reckless desire to taste all the dishes prepared by them.Given that Easter is the most important celebration in Romania, we thought it was a good reason to tell you how the Romanians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Easter Traditions Preparations begin with Shrove Tuesday, the religious holiday...

Top Easter Travel Destinations in North America

Much of the United States and Canada have experienced an unusually long and active winter season. With the official arrival of spring a few weeks ago, many families began looking forward to warmer weather and a chance to get out of the house to travel. Easter travel plans are very popular in the Northeast due to extended school and work vacations. This extra time allows families to gather together to celebrate the holiday or travel to popular holiday destination spots. Here we look at a few hot spots for travel over the Easter holiday. Cultural Travel If you are looking...

A Czech Travels to Monte Carlo

The following article was written by Jaromir Svobodnik, a Czech guy who likes to travel and currently plans to quit his 9-to-5 job, travel more and write his own blog.A few days ago he sent us an email asking us to publish his article about one of his favorite destinations, a place that he visited several times during the last two years – Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo – Living the Good Life The luxurious quarter (one of the four divisions of the Principality of Monaco: Monte Carlo, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville and Fontvieille), located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea,...

Romanian Desserts

Warning: The following article is dangerously delicious!It’s been a while since we posted a recipe on our blog so we thought it might be the right time to talk a little about the Romanian cuisine.There are many traditional recipes handed down from generation to generation in Romania: each and every region of this country has their own recipes with specific ingredients and unique cooking style. Yet, you will see that there are many influences coming from neighboring nations, so if you visit the Danube Delta region, for example, you will have the opportunity to taste one of the best fish...

Spring Flowers in Europe

This article is dedicated to flowers and the arrival of spring. We love flowers, so this time of year is the one that always cheers us up. We also believe that most of you feel the same way about spring and the feeling is even stronger if you live in a part of the world where winters in recent years have been quite harsh – at least this is the case of Eastern Europe, where we currently live. You understand now why March brings such joy to us: the weather gradually warms, the air is fresh, all the gardens and parks...

A Review of TravelMatch.co.uk

As we are a dedicated travel site, we get a lot of people emailing us asking us which travel sites we use, and which sites we would recommend. This may seem like a very simple question, but the huge number of options out there has made it quite difficult to find one which stands out. With that in mind, here is a look at one of the many travel websites out there. So Who is it? Our first subject is a British travel site called Travelmatch. Their specialities are holidays to Greece and Spain, though they cover a wide variety of destinations....