Category: Spring 2026 Blog

Upon arriving in Bucharest, I struggled to quantify the city, that is to say, it was profoundly unlike any city I had ever visited…

Height is a sign of power. For much of human history, tall buildings have functioned as symbols of…

When we got off the bus in Brașov, the first stop on our excursion through Transylvania, I expected…

While visiting Cluj-Napoca, I took an excursion to the Turda Salt Mine with Leo Wang and Adria Major…

My cat turned 15 earlier this month. His name is Charlie. Back in November, his fellow feline Murphy passed away after a long battle with kidney disease. They tolerated each…

I never thought I would be abroad for any reason. Let alone Romania, a country I didn’t know anything about until I applied to this program. We have just wrapped…

Before leaving for our tour of Transylvania, the furthest I had gotten from Bucharest since arriving in Romania was the village of Buşteni, which was my first taste of a…

I have never traveled to Europe beyond the Balkans, and to be frank, I thought my first trip to Europe would be to a conventional tourist-heavy country like Italy or…

Everyone absorbs new cities in different ways, whether they visit museums, parks, or restaurants that encapsulate the area’s vibe. When I visit new places, I like to walk as much…

Before our journey through Transylvania, we spent two and a half weeks taking classes in Bucharest. One idea that interested me was Romania’s struggle to create a coherent national identity.…