You start on your road to look, to find, to meet, to carry, to bring. To share sometime. Just reasons. The destination - a natural miracle, the nature itself, today: a spring, in the heart of the mountains. The spring, the place where the life starts; it share itself to anyone.

That place is not for everyone. Many of us have seen it, not many know it; many of us have tasted it, not many of us are remembering it; and many of us are living it….

We start. Under an boundless blue sky, which dimension, limited to the eyes possibilities, but not to the soul possibilities, the Green Emperor show us his territories. You try to see which one is bigger, the sky, or the forest, but don’t forget: you can’t pass your own limit. Your eyes view is wrong. They are two; stronger then you, normally, they are emperors. And they have an alliance for ever.

Blue Sky and the forest - For ever in alliance

We not spend too much time and we meet a prince. Where are you going…  But he didn’t wait for an answer: he is hurried and today there isn’t time for a fight with us … what is happening … also the prince are hurried…?

A fir tree - the hurried prince

On the silver road digged into Green Emperor wrinkles, his servants are living each moment like that one is the first. For them, some of day life sharers, the moment has the value how it was leaved. Not what he brings or what he let. What he brings is for all of us; also what he let is for all. But not all of us know that.

A little river - I called it The Silver Road

Sometime the road looks sterile. The silver kills some time. But not here. Here, the silver is the live. Here, probably, there are more servant, prince, princess, kings. Other sunny days, other balls.

The river - aparently no life there

Yes, we pass. Above, a group of soldiers are guarding the silver road. They are living thanks to him. They are many and they defend the road. Not by the bad people, no invasions. Even by they self.

The river in the forest - so much green, so much life

But wait, what we see? A princess, in the throes of births. She is proud, from she is starting anything. Thousand of Childs are ready to pass over all the hardships of live that will be bringed to they by the shadow. Yes, the shadow; and sometime the sun. Just the moon will help they to love. Yes, to love and to sign with their names on the book of the life: I existed, I loved, I bring another life, I pass by anything what wants to be over me, and I respect what was on my sides. The princess is proud.

Fir tree, Gemma - the "princess" is there

We let the princess in our track and we advance on the silver road. There are and others roads, but we chose the silver road, and we know that the right way is the good way. In our front rises another castle. A castle on the Green Emperor lands. Maybe another kingdom, an enclave. In fact no, it is just an embassy. An castle of the Yellow Emperor. It is rising with proud until to the crown of the Green Emperor. The Blue Emperor is admire this two emperors. He knows which one of they is more good in the race to get to him. But He let they to compete, just their dreams can go far …

A Forestry Observations point - used against the theft of wood

Above, the silver road is larger; it is used by more: servant of the Green Emperor and Yellow Emperor but also and other peoples. The last one, smaller, cannot be seen by the human eyes, but the road is seeing this.

River and Road - here the river let the people to use it as an road. Thanks

Another prince is defending the place where the live goes on. More strong; more proud about the task that he have. He stay above the arms and control the army in an authoritarian way, unknown  by anyone. And no one doesn’t cry by this; they are proud by the job that the prince give to him.

A fir tree with a beatifull view on nature (always the nature wins)

They do not wait orders; anyone knows what he has to do, and they are doing better. They order, at first view a wild order, is in fact the inspiration source for the Rome commanders: they know that nobody can fight against the big Army.

Threes, wild - apparently a wild order buth the reality is that they order is the best

May the law nowhere, more brilliant than ever, the silver road ask you to go over it. You just have to feel his call.

The river - long, clean, sylver and green

Sometime the silver creates and some harder places on the road. But no, this are just simple knows of the knowledge. Who will answer will found the answers unknown only by the place that we are moving towards.

The river - a little drop of water

Thousands of arms are around of us. Yes, we are under their thread: do not pass illegally! Strong, proud, the punishment for their unique law it is painfully in his essence: a cold consolation that brings the live in the deep of your soul. You are in their lands, you have to live like they.

Oak Crowns in the sky

And there are and others. All of they are living in a complete harmony; in an infinite fight that has an winner:  the Green Emperor. He is the only one that enjoy the fights; and also the only one who is seeing this.

River, meadow, forest, green, water, threes; beautifull moment, let's keep this for future

Above we meet with some soldiers who die in the fights that they do it with him. Sometime so acerb, the fight is just a reason for a law that comes from Emperor. A law so hidden and so visible: you should have some eyes to see this.

Threes down; wild nature, beatifull nature

His fall brings many tears from the silver road, protected now by the huge failed soldier; his weight it is filled by the road, but he doesn’t cry for this, he cry because he knows those others and others soldier will fall. And the Emperor lisps a little…his crown lose a tower.

Three down on the river - somehow a natural bridge

And we are there, at our destination: the spring. The point where everything starts. Here aren’t many soldiers but the soldiers from here are telling to you a warmly welcome. No, they aren’t afraid by you. You afraid by they:  they are forever here, you, a visitor, will leave this place as you come: maybe a little rich, or poor; the middle way is chosen by a many people. But they don’t have how to chose, for this people the chose is already done.

The spring; here the spring was arranged as an fountain by the workes from forest; the water is clean and it wait to be drinked by it's visitors

During of one of my journeys I propose to myself to see the spring of one river. And I start to go on this litlle river untill I got the spring in my front. It was something special because I didn’t expect to find a spring on an hill at such an altitude. But nature offer to us many beautifull places.

So, in my next article you will read this travel in a special way: I try to write it with popular Romanian magical character. I have a lot of work on this but I hope that you will enjoy.

That will be soon, so come back here !

Peaseant practices to demarcate the  border between their lands.

Between generations our lands or still on the same place as my grand-grand-father has worked it. Even if hard times come after my parents village, our lands was confiscated and workout in common by all the villagers (here I speak specially about comunism, but also there are and others hard times), after this times we get our lands on the same positions. And this is not based on our memory. For example the last hard time period was lasted approximately 45 years (from 1945 to 1990). In this time our lands wasn’t our, but after 1990 revolution, we get into the posession.

There, on the same place after years and years....hundred of years, maybe thousands

Also in time happens that the lands are sliding, but even if a landslides happens, I know where is my land. Is there. Thanks to my great-grandfathers practices!

The lands, on the same place after years and years

But what has keep this one this place? I say something about a custom, a peasant practice… This practice resume to planting some willows on the border between me and my neighbour. This wils willows once planted it is very dificult to remove it from there. You can try to cut it but that’s not a solution because in the next year, the wild soul of this plant will bring it to the life. You can try to burn it but probably with the same results. Many people try to remove this, but our parents knows on his time something: you can remove the willows for a year, but never for ever.

The willow plant - a generation link

Called in Romanian “nuiele” after it’s branches, this plant is also very useful. In the automn, when the peasants should collect the corns they are using this branches for linking the corns vegetal parts (trunk and leaves), parts that are used in animal feeding, specially for cows. So there is another custom between the peasents: somewhere in the middle of the autumn the willow plant branches will be removed with a scissors and caryed on the lands with corns.

Even if it is used to mark the lands or on the corns the willows are very apreciated

The willows are used everywhere to mark the lands: pastures, orchards, vine lands, corns, wheat and other cereals fields; aren’t used to mark the forest, there is a non-friendly place for wilows (they need sun light and some water).

The willlow: Just sun light and water

Even if hard times are coming over the peasents, the active memory of the nature combined with their wisdom will help the peoples to survive, the lands will be worked by other and other generations and the meaning of the word life will be more powerfull thanks to the nature.

Do you want to travel to see this in nature? I got this pictures in my parents village, Bădăcin, near of Şimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj county. Also this custom is specific to the historical region  Transilvania. The image is on the hill called Aristii, for the village peasents, this is near of the village (that means ~500 meters). Have a nice trip there!

The pictures from this article are mine. See more about the pictures!

Located in the middle of Romania, in Mures county (the historical region Transylvania) . Sighişoara is a town with an impresive history. It’s history starts as an defend point of the Hungaryan realm frontier (1191).
In it’s history the city played an important role for the live of the people from this part of the world. It’s role was in domains like administration, comercial (the german artisans and craftsmen) and politicaly (here George I Rákóczi was elected as Trasnilvanian price and Hungarian King).
Situated on Târnava Mare River, Sighişoara city has a beatifull view. The nature give to this city a reason to be visited s soon is posible. The best, period when, when you should visit this city is the July month where in the medieval town happens a beautifull medieval festival. This is because the houses/buildings from Sighişoara are designed with some special arhitectures, specific to the medieval times. In fact Sighişoara is considered the most beautifull and preserved citadel in Europe. Central Sighişoara is listed by the UNESCO as a Wold Heritage Site.

Place to be visited in Sighişoara (from Wikipedia):

Sighişoara Citadel - a 12th Century Saxon edifice, is the historic center of the city. Still occupied, the citadel is listed as a World Heritage Site.

Sighisoara Citadel - Wonderfull places of the world

Clock Tower - Built in 1360 and standing at 60 meters tall atop the citadel hill. Inside is a museum that finishes in a great view from the top.

Sighisoara Tower Clock - attractive points from Sighisoara

Weapon Museum - next to Vlad’s birthplace. Very small, but it contains an interesting selection of medieval weapons (swords, arrows, etc.).

Weapon Museum of Sighisoara

Covered Staircase - a very old stone staircase with a wooden roof along the whole span. This leads up to the Church on the Hill and the cemetery.

Church on the Hill - contains many frescoes and a crypt. Built on the location of the Roman fort. Close to the cemetery on the side of the hill, which contains many German tombstones.

Bust of Vlad Tepes - Located around the corner from his birthplace, within sight of the Clock Tower.

Bust of Vlad Tepes

Accomodation in Sighişoara:

Hotel Gia

Pensiunea Stejarul (Pension “Oak”)

Pensiunea PHÖNIX (Pension PHÖNIX)

Băile Felix - a termal spa resort near of Oradea (8 kilometers), in Bihor county, north-west of Romania (22 kilometers to the Hungarian border, Borş.

What you can find there:

1. health - there are a lot of benefits from nature; see the the balneologi benefits;
2. Special flora and fauna; here i want to remember a species of water lily - Nymphaea lotus thermalis - a natural monument; also the river  Peţa
3. Special attractions like church, hills, woods, places where you can relax.

See some pictures about Băile Felix:

Trees, Lake, special views

Lilly Flower - a natural monument

Water Lilly flowers

Water Funny - waves

See more about Băile Felix on Wikipedia, on http://www.bailefelix.ro/ (where i take the pictures)