A Romanian Village


Romanian country side is beautiful. Being a child I spend my childhood in a village from Transylvania, Cluj County. Was wonderful. I always waited for Summer school holiday to go to my grant parents in the country side. 

Clean air, good food, beautiful landscapes, warm and good people. All of these you will find in a Romanian village. Lots of place to visit or things to do.

If you like wild mushrooms here you are the best places to find a wide range of wild mushrooms, or course with the help of a local person. Also you may find lots of forest fruit: blackberries, raspberries, cranberries.

Wild mushrooms and forest fruit represent a good income for the locals in the summer and autumn season.

Today I want to present you some places around the area were I spend my holidays.

Poieni

Is the main commune. It is composed of seven villages: Bologa, Cerbeşti, Hodişu, Lunca Vişagului, Morlaca, Tranişu and Valea Drăganului.

Poieni is situated at the confluence of the Crisu Repede and Hent rivers; the confluence is known as "gura apelor" - "the mouth of the waters" - in the local toponymy) and at the foot of the Vladeasa mountains (1863 m), part of the Apuseni Carpathians. You may find accommodation in a traditional house or in the inns from the area.


 

Bologa
4000 years old artefacts (stone axes) were found at the place called "Drumul găunos" ("Potholed Road").
A Roman castrum called Resculum is the oldest documented settlement in the area. It was built around 106 AD, as a garrison for the “II Cohortis Hispanorum” (see Dux), whose mission was probably to defend the Roman Empire's border. As the Romans tried to tighten their hold on the region during the 2nd century A.D., they brought in colonists to the village from Greece, possibly from Patras.

The ruins of the castrum are still visible today in the place still called "Grădişte" which means "fortified settlement", although most of the area is cultivated. The ruins of a Roman bath also exist near the castrum.

Overlooking the castrum, on the opposite bank of the Henţ (Sebeş) river, on top of a steep hill lies one of the first Hungarian fortresses in Transylvania, which was mentioned for five centuries as Sebesvár, featuring on most Middle-Age maps of the region.

A stone quarry was opened in 1930 providing dacite stone for the Budapest-Bucharest road. The quarry was later on taken over by the Romanian railways, most of whose embankments are made of stone from the area. After 1989 the quarry was privatised and did not do very well comparing to neighbouring quarries, so it stopped being the main source of income for the villagers. The upcoming highway projects in Romania are expected to improve the quarry prospects.

Forestry is also active in the area, though more active in the neighbouring valley of Drăgan. Agriculture is widely practiced but the land size and quality in the hilly-mountainous area only allows for the individual needs of the land owners.(details take from Wikipedia)
  

 Valea Draganului and Lunca Visagului

There are lots of places for accommodation, small chalets to rent or you may find accommodation in a traditional house.

Clean air, spring water, forest fruits. The landscapes are beautiful. As you go up into the mountains the landscapes are breathtaking. The Floroiu Dam is built of concrete arch, 120 meters high. It is the second largest dam in the country. The lake stretches as the eye can see, embraced by the lofty mountains with green trees. It has a total volume of 112 million cubic meters and a canopy opening of 424 m. The lake has an area of 293 ha and is stocked with fish and is an ideal location for recreational fishermen sleep. The lake has two arms 4 and 12 km.

 Maybe I could not make you consider to visit Romania yet but I will try.

More beautiful places to visit in my next article.

Thank you for reading.

nicoletag

Shadow boxes

O prietena m-a rugat sa o ajut la un proiect. Daca pot, cu placere am raspuns. 
Tema proiectului era decorarea a doua shadow boxes. Era ceva ce nu am mai facut pana acum dar am acceptat.
Dupa cateva intrebari despre persoanele carora le erau destinate aceste cutii, intrebari referitore la tema, paleta de culori, m-am apucat de lucru.

Ultima achizitie de die-cuts si stampile m-a ajutat foarte mult in realizarea proiectului. 
Iata ce a iesit. 

Sper sa va placa.

Astept comentarile voastre.

Multa inspiratie si voua!!!!

Me, Myself and I 

Cu catva timp in urma v-am aratat un album pe care intentionam sa-l finalizez, album realizat din plicuri. 
Au venit sarbatorile de iarna, Anul Nou, am tot amanat finalizarea lui dar in cele din urma l-am terminat. 

Am mai adaugat cateva tag-uri mari unde se pot pune fotografii sau se poate scrie. Sistemul de prindere este o idee pe care am mai folosit-o si la alte albume. Este o idee pe care am vazut-o la Tim Holtz. 

Astept comentariile voastre.

Multa inspiratie,
nicoletag

Baby album

A trecut destul de mult timp de cand nu am mai facut un album pentru copii. Dar imi place sa le fac. 
De curand am primit o comanda pentru un astfel de album, asa ca m-am apucat de lucru. A durat mai mult ca de obicei deoarece nu am avut nimic pregatit dinainte. A trebuie sa fac totul de la zero, albumul propriu zis, sa-mi aleg hartiile, decoratiunile. Dar sunt pe ultima suta de  metri, mai am de terminat decorarea copertei, dar inainte de asta trebuie sa ma hotarasc daca sa pun o panglica pentru inchiderea albumului sau nu. Hmm.... ma mai gandesc pana luni, ca oricum nu am panglica. Ups.... dupa cum am spus am fost prinsa putin nepregatita de data asta. 

Dar am avut inspiratie in schimb. Iata cateva din paginile albumului.
Va las sa decideti daca va place sau nu albumul.

 Astept comentariile voastre.

Va multumesc pentru vizita.

Multa inspiratie,
nicoletag

sneak a pick...

Acum catva timp in urma am facut un mic album a carui pagini erau mici plicuri din hartie pentru realizarea carora am folosit  multe tehnici de scrapbooking ( distress, stampilare, aplicarea mai multor culori de glimmer mist spray)

Zilele trecute m-am gandit ca as putea sa fac un alt album utilizand acelasi tip de plicuri. Tiparul pentru plicuri l-am luat de pe acest link  http://www.hausofw.com/2012/07/project-w019-vintage-envelope-mini.html  de pe blogul lui Frank Garcia .

Iata cateva dintre plicuri decorate. Nu sunt inca finalizate, deoarece inca nu m-am gandit la tema albumului. M-am gandit si la un sistem de prindere a plicurilor si sper ca in cateva zile sa finalizez albumul. Albumul va fi format din 10 plicuri.

Pentru decorare am folosit stampilele recent achizionate din colectia Anonymous a lui Tim Holtz. Nu sunt chiar ieftine dar merita...... Pentru inchidere am folosit nasturi pe care i-am confectionat eu.

Sper sa va placa ce-a iesit.
Sper ca in cateva zile sa revin cu noi fotografii ale albumului. 

multa inspiratie,
nicoletag
 XOXO

a special pencil.....


Zilele trecute m-am uitat pe youtube si am gasit o idee minunata pentru un cadou de inceperea scolii. 
Acesta este link-ul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPwaXAuPEUU care are si tutorial. 
Ideea mi-a placut atat de mult ca am facut nu unul ci trei creioane. Am cautat cateva carti vechi,  hartie de design de la Graphic 45 ( cumparate de curand) si m-am apucat de treaba. 
Am pus cateva poze doar cu doua dintre creioanele create. 

Intre paginile cartii puteti pune fotografii, note, etc.
Sper ca nepotii mei se vor bucura de cadou meu. 

pe curand,
nicoletag

time to create something...

De mult mi-am dorit sa decorez un ceas. Pe acesta l-am primit de la prietena mea Adriana. 
A durat ceva pana cand m-am apucat de treaba. Piesele ceasului le-am folosit intr-un alt proiect, si in concluzie ceasul nu functineaza, este doar de decor, dar trebuie sa recunoasteti ca arata bine. Mie una imi place cum mi-a reusit. 

pe curand,

nicoletag