Greetings from the old maritime port of Constanta, on the Black Sea Coast / VIDEO

This summer was like an emotional and professional roller-coaster, that almost drained me out of energy. Many positive things happened, I made another career change and, most important of all, I was blessed to meet wonderful people. However, working almost 24/7 took a toll on me and I decided to leave all behind for one …

My first genealogy tour

This Spring I received an email from Barbara, a lady living in Florida, who wanted to hire me for a unique private tour to Transylvania. She was coming to Bucharest with three lady friends to start their river cruise trip up the Danube, but before that she wanted to trace back her roots. We exchanged …

How I got to be one of Rick Steves’ tour guides in Romania

To guide Rick Steves is the ultimate test of one's guiding skills, and I was lucky enough to have that privilege thanks to Ciprian Slemco. I will never forget that October evening when Ciprian called me saying there is somebody who would like to talk to me. Then he passed me Cameron Hewitt, Rick's co-writer, …

Origins of the Romanian language

In my opinion, Romance languages have a sort of musicality, while Germanic or Slavic languages seem quite harsh-sounding dialects. Therefore, I would love to have a magic wand to give me the ability to understand how Romanian language sounds for foreign travelers (if you want to hear me speaking in Romanian, you can watch the …