back to the roots...again

As much as you are able to adapt and live in a new country, your birthplace will always excite you and charge your batteries with powerful and positive energy. Once again, I realized I miss my countryside scenes where life flows slowly far from the hectic rhytm of the city life.

People in the village aren't in a rush, they stop and chat in peace when meet each other, without being worried they might miss the train or bus or that they might be late for an appointment...they still have the ancestral relationship with nature which influence their wake up and bedtime as well as daily works they need to do and that are based on the whether and farm animals they keep.

Welcome to Bucharest

I have lived in Bucharest for a few years, however I haven't been there for a a long time. I had to stop for a day only before heading to my hometown Piatra Neamt and I've had a nice surprise discovering a city that is renewing and improving itself. I must admit though I've only seen a very small part of it, you should stay at least 3-4 days there to get a better idea of how this city is really like. The city centre is not very big so the best way to visit it is walking.

Its old neighbours like Lipscani area there's an interesting mixture of newly renovated and modern pubs & bars and the old crumbling buildings.

I was travelling with my 3 old son and being pregnant I had to carry the stroller with us...big mistake. Lots  of main crossings don't have crossovers but an underground passage that you can access only by stairs walking with no elevator or path for strollers or wheelchairs...so a total nightmare for any parent or disabled. Hope that they're working on this.

Parks are my favourite places to go when in Bucharest. There are quite a few here and they are very clean and well kept. The one we've been to this time was Cismigiu, a small but beautiful central one, just a hundred metres away from University area. Being around Easter time in April, nature was wondeful: intense green grass, blooming trees and colorful flowers as well as a traditional products show going on so we could admire interesting stuff. Also, playground there is very spacious, full of interesting games.

un mondo visto dal treno - a world seen through the train window

 Un viaggio in treno è stato un modo per scoprire le realtà rurale del mio paese

 

Ospitalità rurale - Romanian hospitality

Da qulle parti, capita spesso di incontrare delle persone, conoscenti o non, che ti invitano a casa loro e ti offrono tutto quello che hanno, quel poco o tanto che sia. Trovo che sia una cosa molto bella, una ospitalità sincera, incondizionata. Puo capitare cosi che ti trovi nelle umile dimore dalle persone che conosci appena, che ti offrono da bere e da mangiare con tutto il cuore. Sono contenti di condividere quel poco che hanno, di fare due chiacchere con te e ti raccontarti senza timore la loro vita, i loro problemi...


It happens quite often in those places to meet people that you might, or might not know, who invite you to their place and offer you everything they have. I think it's a beautiful thing, a sincere unconditioned hospitality. You might find yourself in the humbled homes of people you just met and who gladly offer you to drink and to eat. They're happy to share with you all that little they have, chat with you and tell you with such familiarity their life story, their problems