Vasile, the village chronicler

As we do our village walk Florin tells me about an elderly man who is the village chronicler, he collects all sorts of information, documents and takes photos. Next thing I know we're outside a house and Florin says "Let's go see if he's home".

So we knock on his door, it's still a bit early and catch him with his teeth out😂.
Once we let him put his teeth in all is good.

His small house is cluttered and looks a mess but it it's clean and he knows where everything is.
His walls are lined with photos he's taken.

He is having trouble with his phone, apparently he needs to put in a new SIM card but has no idea how to do it. He asks Florin to do it. They need a pin thing that inserts in the hole to pop the simcard holder out. As chance would have it, I carry one in my phone case, so hey presto, his phone gets fixed!

He loves receiving guests and taking photos of them. He asks me, via Florin, if he could take my photo and put on his Facebook page that a beautiful Australian came to visit 😂. Of course, I said yes. Within minutes, the post was up. Not bad for 74!

He also writes poetry and obviously loves to promote the Maramures way if his Facebook page is anything to go by.
He says he thought he saw me in the village the other day but it must have been someone who looks like me 😉

We say goodbye with one of his lovely fresh apples off his tree.Read more