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| Horse & cart was a very common means of transport |
Maramures is a traditional region of Romania that has managed to cling to its rural ways despite the communist era. We were lucky to have a wonderful two day homestay with Ramona and her family in the village of Vadu Izei. Nicolae gave us a guided tour of the region with a picnic lunch overlooking the small village of Breb out in the countryside (although I seem to recall that Prince Charles (well, his trust) had bought a few houses in the village). The tour included a "happy" painted cemetery, the Sighetu Communist era prison now a holocaust museum, an example of a heritage listed wooden church, a farm using antiquarian water-driven tools, a tasting of local liquor and then to right all wrongs, a visit to a monastery.
Again, and as we don’t have a country guide to fill in details for now, the blog will be flooded with vague photos & missing details.
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| The merry cemetery of Sapanta where every headstone also tells a cheeky story of their lives. Most famous is the nagging mother-in-law. This lady is felting, naturally! |
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| Sapanta wooden church under reconstruction |
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| Not more cream cakes for a a picnic lunch! |
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| Budesh Josani Church _UNESCO listed wooden church |
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| Wooden church covered in frescoes & carpets |
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| Even the metal headstones were extraordinary |
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| Sarbi village antiquarian farm with water powered tools. Our host makes merry too and offers us tasters of hornica, a type of local plum brandy. |
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| Finding the source of local liquor (a tap in the gate post!) |
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| Barsana Monastery Church: last wooden church built and place of pilgrimage |
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