On track through Transylvania

Romania - Timbuktu. Samarra. Shangri-La. Place names with magic. Then there is Transylvania; more magic, maybe even dark magic, and definitely a punch line. When the chance came to explore its mysteries, courtesy of Eurail, I grabbed it....  more

Joan Scobey
Julie Ovenell-Carter

Romania caught in a transitional time warp


High above the medieval town of Sighisoara, in a Transylvanian graveyard, Emma Wagner and I are having a conversation about the virtue of patience. Actually, I am doing most of the talking, given that Emma has been dead for almost a century. But she is, for obvious reasons, a good listener, and it turns out I have a lot to say... more