STAFF WRITER Estrella Azul is a writer, passionate about reading, floral art and photography, with an artistic personality and a soulful outlook on life. She is a Hungarian girl living and writing from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, the capital of historical region Transylvania. Estrella is our European correspondent (see Walking Through Paris and Fall in Love with Taormina), she currently serves as the photo editor here at Milliver’s Travels and she dreams of embarking on a round-the-world trip. To read more of her creative writing, visit Life’s a stage – WebBlog©.

Running through the Romulus Vuia Ethnographic Park, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Text & photos © Estrella Azul The Romulus Vuia Ethnographic Park, opened in 1929 as an outdoor museum, is beautiful. I recall going there on a class trip somewhere around 3rd grade. As opposed to many of my classmates, I didn’t have grandparents or other relatives living on farms in the Romanian...

July 28th, 2017 | ACTIVITIES, STAFF, EUROPE, Forests, Historic/Museums, WALKING/HIKING | Read More

The Looong Way to Zichy Cave

Text & photos © Estrella Azul For this year, my plan is to go on as many road trips as possible. The first one this spring was to visit a few dripstone caves around Șuncuiuș village, about an hour’s drive from my city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. My boyfriend and I had never been to the Șuncuiuș...

May 5th, 2017 | STAFF, EUROPE, TRAVEL BUMMERS | Read More

What to see on a day-trip to Bratislava

Text & photos © Estrella Azul DURING SUMMER VACATION my boyfriend and I stayed in Budapest, Hungary, for a week. While looking for cities to visit nearby we realized Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, was only a two-hour drive away. We took the M1 motorway early in the morning and, without any...

April 7th, 2017 | ACTIVITIES, STAFF, EUROPE, Historic/Museums, ROAD TRIPS | Read More

Funky Signs: Chopper parking only

Text & photos © Estrella Azul AS SOON AS I SAW this sign at Euphoria Biergarten, a lovely restaurant in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, I knew I had to take a picture of it (see feature photo, right). Knight on watch It is a quirky place overall, with sort of a medieval vibe to it, and I am positive that...

March 10th, 2017 | STAFF, EUROPE, FUNKY SIGNS | Read More

The Castle of Diósgyőr’s road to restoration

Text & photos © Estrella Azul AS MENTIONED in my previous travel article about the European city of Miskolc (Visiting Miskolc, Hungary during the winter holidays), I first visited the Castle of Diósgyőr in 2005, and it so happened that I revisited it every five years after that. Not much visible...

February 17th, 2017 | ACTIVITIES, STAFF, EUROPE, Historic/Museums | Read More

The frozen Bridal Veil Waterfall aka Răchiţele Falls, Romania

Text & photos © Estrella Azul LOCATED IN BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED forestry and an area surrounded by high cliffs, the Bridal Veil Waterfall (or Răchiţele Falls) is considered one of the most beautiful smaller waterfalls in Romania. Snowy pine-lined forest road A large sign shows the map of the area...

January 27th, 2017 | EUROPE, FUNKY SIGNS, ★ Rewind 3 | Read More

Visiting Miskolc, Hungary during the winter holidays

Text & photos © Estrella Azul I FIRST VISITED Miskolc in 2005, and it just so happened that I re-visited this city in Hungary (approx. population 160,000) every five years after that. I don’t recall as much from my first visit as I do from the following two. I guess seeing the city with the...

January 13th, 2017 | ACTIVITIES, STAFF, EUROPE, WALKING/HIKING | Read More