Easter - the end of the first week of the easter-holidays

Today it's easter. A day that we remember the resurrection of Jezus.

In Romania, Easter is the day that everybody says 'Cristos a înviat' (Jesus is resurrected).

Easter is a very big holiday in Romania and there are many different traditions. Like the boys go to together their friends (the girls), to perfume them and to eat cakes and to drink something.

Today it's sunday, the end of the week. It means that we're already halfway in the easter-holidays.

This week I went playing football with some friends and I also visited some cities in Romania.

Sinaia -   Buşteni (Carpathians)

On thursday, I've visited Buşteni. I was there with a Romanian and a Dutch friend. We took a funicular to the top of a mountain. There we saw some natural sculptures. They were formed by wind, rain, snow and erosion. It was very windy there and the snow wasn't gone yet.

In the afternoon, we visited the Peleş-castle in Sinaia. It was built at the end of the 19th century and finished in 1914 for the Romanian king and his family. In my eyes, it is a fantastic castle :D. At the one hand, you see the wealth of a castle, but at the other hand, there are so many modern things like electricity, a central heating and even a central vacuum cleaner. I was impressed by the many secret doors and the big number of different rooms. I really felt like a king there.

Mediaş

On wednesday, we visited Mediaş, a small city in Transilvania. The weather was very good and a lot of historical buildings were restaurated. The city is very old. The historical centre still contains some elements from the 12th century. There was a big tower, which was used as a lookout tower, as a defense against enemies. We had a personal guide for free. we went to an italian restaurant, and I felt like I really was in Italy.