RomaniaBreb47°44’31” N 23°54’1” E
8 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
RomaniaBreb47°44’35” N 23°54’2” E
9 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
With a frosty start we have a 2 hour walk around the small village. We walk along the pebbly roads, up people's garden paths, through the fields. We have 2 dogs follow us for a while, chat to a coupleBaca lagi
RomaniaBreb47°44’34” N 23°53’58” E
9 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
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 houseBaca lagi
RomaniaBreb47°44’34” N 23°53’59” E
9 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
We visited Maria on our village ramble.
She has been weaving since around age 13 and is now in her 70's.
She was very pleased to show me how she weaves. She also insisted she show me her house - guestBaca lagi
PengembaraWhat an amazing trip you are having - fantastic that you have the guide to yourself and get to meet and be welcomed by all these local people. What is the closest language to Romanian? Sounds a bit Hungarian.
PengembaraRomanian is a Latin based language and Hungarian is a uralic based language but the Hungarians had a big influence on Transylvania. The Romanian language does also contain words that sound similar to other languages. They say ciao for a short hello, salut for a longer one, merci for a short thanks (spelt mersi though). Apparently Italian, French, Spanish are closest to Romanian. Romanian is the only eastern block country with a Latin based language due to the early Romans.
RomaniaSăpânţa47°58’17” N 23°41’41” E 9 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania. It is famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in a poetic andBaca lagi
RomaniaValea Hotarului47°55’58” N 23°51’28” E
9 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We start heading back to Cluj but we must see another wooden church rebuilt , the famous Merry Cemetery and a monastery of wooden churches that houses nuns built in 1977(?)
Will elaborate later
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RomaniaMăneşti45°13’1” N 24°54’48” E
10 Oktober 2023, Romania ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Back to Bucharest today. Steve and I are both flying with Tarom from our respective cities and get in about the same time.
We walk 5 minutes to our airport hotel and chill out.
I can't believe it!!Baca lagi
TurkiTurkish and Islamic Arts Museum41°0’21” N 28°58’27” E 11 Oktober 2023, Turki ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Flew from Bucharest to Istanbul. Only 1 1/2 hour flight.
We have booked a ride to the hotel through the hotel driver. Due to traffic 🚦 we take a good hour or more meandering through streets toBaca lagi
TurkiTurkish and Islamic Arts Museum41°0’21” N 28°58’27” E 12 Oktober 2023, Turki ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Didn't do much today. Made our way to a Turkish Bath Hammam where we both had a 1 hour oil massage with face mask, followed by a sauna then into the Hammam for a wash down and then a bubble massage.Baca lagi
TurkiTopkapı Palace41°0’47” N 28°59’3” E
13 Oktober 2023, Turki ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
PengembaraWhat a beautiful guest house