The Heart of Romania-Journeying Home for an Epic Visit

From Transylvania’s Carpathian Mountains to the Blue Danube

By Oana Harrison

Published in 2025 Mar/Apr Cityview Magazine

Underestimated. Beautiful. Complicated history. Home. That’s Romania, the beautiful country where I was born and lived until coming to the U.S. mid-90s. For 18 years, I called Knoxville and the Smokies home, while returning to my true home, the Carpathian Mountains, almost every year.

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