Romania

Buffet style breakfast, including a liver snack (not popular) and the usual cold meats and cheeseswith an egg choice. All good but lacks variety. 09.03 start walking, down the road a little and then up up nd away, across a patch where a lot of soft fruit had fallen so was swarming with bees, wasps and butterflies, and then up to a meadow with a lovely looking new Pensione with sauna, hot tub. Sat on patio with many many wasps and had a drink - Caroline on the beer at 10.15 AM. Up int the wods and aound a hillside or two before emerging near the hamlet/Resort of Fundata. Another area looking very Austrian apart from a few traditional houses, lots of very lush meadows, a few cows and a general feeling of wealth and well being.

Arrived at Ms. Stoian's 100+ year old house. Ms. Stoian was at a funeral but had left us a plate full of 4 types of cheese, red peppers, some 'Speck' (basically pig fat, fresh juicy pork stracthings) and the inevitable plum brandy with fresh donuts to finish off. beautiful old house and out building available to sleep in - very very traditional, and a small display of traditional clothing.

We counted at least 6 dogs as well as chickens, 1-2 cows, some sheep and 2-3 veggie gardens. All seems very idyllic, but Ms. Stoian is 71 and must be a hard life, even though a tarmac road has just been built to her drive. She gets some help from her son but does a lot on her own - Would be an amazing place to stay though.

Carried on down the hill to Moieciu De Sus and stopped for a highly refreshing lemon and mint juice - with honey - in fact I had 2..

On return to Danielas we spotted the suitcase of Shansuo and Ke. Andrea had been hinting heavily that we should look into Danielas weaving shop/museum with was interesting but not tempting.

Joined Chinese fiends for dinner. Asked if they were married and Ke said, with perfect comic timing and a huge grin 'no. Because she said No!'.

Andrea was heading off after dinner and said to call her if we needed anything- so 30 seconds after she had left us we texted her to order 3 beers. PM had already asked Daniela and Andrea texted back to say 'you have hem already.Read more