Romania Village Life in Maramures and a day on the Mocanita

A lovely little 2019 documentary of life in rural Maramures, a district in northern Romania, where life is unhurried, pastoral and green. Everyone was making hay, beautiful, herb and flowerfilled, heavenscented hay. Some was piled onto wooden racks to dry, some piled onto small haystacks ready for the winter. Horse drawn vehicles are a common sight, loaded with logs, hay and people. Sheep and cattle wear tinkling bells and every small farm has a pig or two. A trip up the Vaser valley on the Mocanita steam train, the last working timber railway in Europe, was very special and not without excitement in the form of a derailment We pedalled around on bicycles, at a gentle pace, soaking up the gorgeous scenery, wonderful country smells and happy smiles. All filming was with my muchtravelled, handheld Panasonic HC X920.