I plan to write about Martisor sometime in February – it’s closer to the event. All your other ideas are timeless… Around Xmas I’ll write how we prepare (or used to…) our pigs – and about Sorcova, Plugusorul and all those wonderful traditions.

I am trying to keep a balance between travel and culture – I don’t have enough pictures to write more extensively about travel, but I am trying to get some photographers from Romania to get involved in this blog. Let’s hope they’ll have something to offer soon.

I am not sure if you have written about Maramures (I am still reading all your back entries!), but that is a place I have always wanted to go. I understand it is one of the places where the original costumes and traditions are still very much maintained.

And have you mentioned some of Romania’s customs, like always giving an uneven number of flowers to someone? Or about giving a Martisor at the beginning of Spring? Or about the amazing hospitality that the Romanian people extend to visitors (and sometimes even strangers!). If you have written about some of these, forgive me — I will get to them soon!

You should think about writing (and publishing)your own Romania Travel Guide. The average North American has no idea of Romania’s beauty — in her people and her land.

I am so glad you enjoy this site so much, Kaybee. You are one of the most faithful readers. To my surprise many young Romanians visit the blog too. I only wish I had more time to write and publish more often.

Living in Bucharest, I especially enjoyed the Peasant Museum and would visit a couple of times a year. It got better every time I went! I loved to spend time looking at the embroidered costumes — the amount of work put into them is amazing. I bought some wood carvings in the gift shop there — a shepherd and his sheep. It has place of honour on my bedroom dresser — I love it! I also purchased some tiny framed artwork – Romanian scenery designed out of leaves, corn-stalks and other items from nature — such wonderful talent in Romania!