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Painted Monasteries of Bucovina Romania
Bucovina offers a glimpse into pre-industrialized Europe. Situated in the upper righthand corner of Romania, the bucolic region is a place where natural and architectural treasures have yet to be discovered by mainstream tourists. In Bucovina, daily life hearkens to…
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Travel in Transylvania Romania: Things to See and Do
Transylvania’s forested mountainsides and time-warped cities are forever embedded in the popular imagination. Even before arriving, most visitors can picture this fairytale land of haunted castles and fog-draped mountains. The region’s mere name conjures images of haunted stories, where Count…
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The Wooden Churches of Maramures
We began our journey in Romania by flying into the tiny Cluj-Napoca airport and venturing into Maramures–a region that has been culturally and geographically cut off from the rest of the country by the Carpathian Mountains. It has also, somewhat surprisingly, been…
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Playa Fronton
After our day trip to Playa Rincon, I was a bit afraid that the other beaches in Las Galeras would be slightly disappointing. Yet, Playa Fronton proved me wrong. Playa Fronton and Playa Rincon are like two sides of paradise.…
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Playa Rincon in the Samana Peninsula
From Santo Domingo, we hopped on a large coach bus and headed across the Dominican Republic to the very tip of the Samana Peninsula–an area that is home to some of the Dominican Republic’s best beaches. The Samana Peninsula is heavily reliant on tourism from January…
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Welcome to the Dominican Republic
On the 13th, I left Puerto Rico for the Dominican Republic and, with that, left behind any semblance of American Culture. In the Dominican Republic, I quickly realized that, though two territories may be close in proximity, they can be…
