People don't really understand why anyone would go to Romania on holiday, none more so than Romanians themselves. Most Europeans think you're mad and say things like 'oh yes they are part of the EU, but they are not really European, I cannot understand why anyone would go there' or, my favourite, 'Yes of course Romania is part of the EU. [That is why] unfortunately all the gypsies come to Denmark'.
Its like they think if people just don't go there, it'll be almost as if Romania doesn't exist. Or at least not as part of the EU.
But for entertainment value and 'what the...' moments, Romania cannot be beaten. Thanks for the laughs.
The woman above is off for a bit of threshing. All summer every family will thresh to build big bale mountains of feed for their horses, donkeys, pigs and other animals to survive on in the winter. They do this in the countryside and the cities. Its quite the sight.
Then occasionally they'll cart the hay bales back to town. Even if that involves taking a single horse and cart down an expressway of cars travelling at average speeds of 120kms/hr. They don't call it horsepower for nothing, obviously.
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