The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum was an utmost surprise for many of us, because once you walk into its open gardens you can almost find yourself in many of the different Romanian villages of the past, distributed in six grand areas - Transylvania, Banat, Muntenia, Oltenia, Dobrogea and Moldavia.
In total there are 346 "Monuments" transferred from their their origin villages and rebuilt with strict respect to the traditional building techniques. Having become a "school", in which a large number of children learned and still learn "living" history it did allow us to get in touch with some of the constructions made of wood, clay and even stone, covered with straw and thatch, as well as some types we had seen along the circuit through the windows of the bus, particularly in the Transylvania area.
Although we didn't visit many I was impressed, especially with the 1773 church built in oak beams from the Timiseni area, Oltenia.
I still had time to buy some handicraft items on sale outside some of the households and in the specialised shop right at the entrance, as some of the people in the group followed Carmen a little further afield so as to sight the windmills.
I found that to be the perfect visit to end the day, though it wasn't yet over as we would be expected to get ready for the farewell dinner upon reaching the hotel.
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