Sunday, November 11, 2007

Poiana Brasov - part I

Time swifts life’s experiences but in the end only the important things matter: love , health, family, the environment; the order is at random. It’s a vicious cycle repeating itself.
You always come back to your roots to what made you, to the earth because you’re part of it. Nature calls you, it’s an ancestral calling maybe that’s why we spend our holidays away from the concrete jungle.

We have remoted from our origin but time has a rithm of doing things and teaching us to be what we are: the missing piece from the nature’s puzzle. My first thought when I got to Poiana Brasov was that God had forgotten a piece of heaven on the earth, unspoiled yet by man’s intrusion.
Of course everything is expanding and between the high pine trees the roofs of the hotels pierce the sky. Man insisted to highlight it’s presence in European roads, outdoor activities, impressive hotels endowed with modern facilities.


PoianaBrasov is the kingdom of winter sports and the slopes are passable even there‘s no snow. You can adventure on a bike ride down the slopes but it can be dangerous if you don’t wear a helmet. You can roll over in a huge balloon, it’s funny and dizzy at the same time. Walking is my favorite activity because you can enjoy the silent story of the mountains. There are alleys to stroll, this way you are not disturbed by ATVs drivers, andrenaline hunters. On snowy weather these alleys are full of sledges but I enjoyed a sunny October day, the landscape recharged my soul with everything it’s beautiful, clean and healthy, my eyes with the beauty created only by a divine hand and my ears with the mild music of Dumitru Farcas with his bass clarinet(used by folk musicians in Hungary and Romania). Even if the weather was chilly the outdoor restaurants and terraces were filled with people drinking traditional beverages and eating Romanian meals.

Beyond these terraces you can find another proof of God’s presence, a wooden church, a neutral place built in the land of people and torn from the sky.

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