After visiting the Stavropoleos Monastery, and wandering past the beautiful and also historic Negresco (built 1883)... ...I continued wandering around ...

Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox ...

My night out with the girls started with me being early, so I decided to enjoy a bowl of soup ...

Join me as I wander around the block and explore the beautiful University Square in Old Town Bucharest, Romania. ~Bella ...

Heading out from home base, and wandering past such beautiful history... This monastery is a destination to explore on another ...

Happy 2023, my Friends!  I know it's backwards time-wise, but I just have to start this post with the video ...

Magical lightshow on the ceiling of my suite: For one of the poorest countries in Europe, Romania does ok... btw, ...

Continuing my leisurely journey... I eventually came across an amazing place with an equally amazing history...  The "Hanul cu Tei" ...

This particular day I was on a mission... to find what is reputed to be the most beautiful bookstore in ...

I love my hotel suite, not only because it is in such an historic hotel and is quite simply lovely, ...

Making our way homeward... we stopped at a beautiful little church, and then picked up some of the most delicious ...

I adore Romania...  So much history... A farmer with his goats, sheep, cows, dogs, and donkeys bringing up the rear ...

...and we continue on our way on this simply stunning day! I absolutely adored the carving... ...and on we continue ...

...and we continue... Max took us through beautiful woods and up to a most glorious place for lunch..! ...and on ...

...and we continue... (and yes, I realise this should be number 4 of 9, but I had already uploaded everything ...

Romania is full of flowers - they even appear on all the Romanian bank notes... and while we were stopped ...

...continuing on...  I find the architecture of old Romanian buildings to be truly glorious...  In some places run down, in ...

Heading out on another wonderful road trip with Max, little did I realise there would be soooo many things to ...

I needed to run an errand, so walking out through the beautiful reception in my glorious, historic hotel... ...and down ...

Once at the top of the Transalpina, Max called in to buy supplies for our picnic... but not until we ...

My dear friend, Max, and I set out on Sunday morning for what ended up being over 13 hour road ...

If you haven't watched the esipode of 'Top Gear' where they trio drive the Transfăgărășan Road, I recommend doing so ...

My friend Florin knew of an amzing place for lunch...  Where?  Right next to the road, perched on the edge ...

...around the bend, and what do we find..? There's a bear right there! A momma and her two cubs... A ...

Technically, my birthday was on the Monday, but I decided to make it a long weekend...  Starting with waking up ...

On the weekend, I was treated to a wonderful experienece...  Below my window, a street party complete with traditional dancing, ...

Bulgaria has certainly been an 'interesting' experience.  I was chatting with Adrian, my friend and driver, about the differences between ...

Time to depart... Poor Bethany - at one point there was a luggage avalanche, but we saved her just in ...

It was a bright, shiny, sunny day as we headed for Constanta on the Black Sea coast of Romania... ...over ...

Our next destination is Snagov Monastery, located on an island at the northern end of Snagov Lake... ...but first a ...

Leaving Bucharest early in the morning, we head up into the Carpathian Mountains on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, ...

It has been a fascinating week here in Old Town Bucharest...  There were meetings of the EU Foreign Ministers being ...

Well, I knew it had to come eventually - time to leave beloved Scotland and head off for new adventures...  ...