CURRENT MISSION

Breathing fresh air :)

ABOUT ME

We are a married cuple. I am a photographer(you can see my site HERE: http://www.fotopoveste.com/) and my wife is an educator. We love children. We like to travel and make new friends. We are optimistic. We always try to improve ourself, to do the best. We think that we can permanent learn new things from others. We look to find the best trai in every people we meet. We like to cook new recipies, experience sometning new.
***Here are some sugestions in case you choose to visit our city, our region:
If you come in Baia Mare you could visit The Mineralogy Museum (in Romanian it's*Muzeul de Mineralogie*) wich has 1000 exhibits of rock, minerals and fosils. Mineralogy Museum in Baia Mare is the largest regional museum in Europe, many of the exhibits are considered unique and world heritage values. This link will show you pictures from the museum: https://www.google.ro/search?q=muzeul+de+mineralogie+wikipedia&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=ro&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=X4nkUar2KI3UsgbZgYHoAg&biw=917&bih=462&sei=iIrkUcGvJIrFswaEjoH4BA#um=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&hl=ro&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=muzeul+de+mineralogie+baia+mare&oq=muzeul+de+mineralogie+&gs_l=img.3.0.0l2j0i24l8.3928.5244.0.6860.9.9.0.0.0.0.112.803.7j2.9.0....0...1c.1.19.img.eSFh5iIMgHQ&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.Yms&fp=b6101edc056d6e24&biw=917&bih=462. The museum is close only on Monday. It'™s schedule is 9:00-17:00.
If you want to see how people live in the past we invite you to visit The Village Museum(in Romanian*Muzeul Satului*).It is near the park, near old center of the town. This museum it's unique in Europe. This is the link if you want to see pictures from the museum: https://www.google.ro/search?q=muzeul+satului+baia+mare&client=firefox-a&hl=ro&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ho7kUYyuJYTi4QTQ04DQAg&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1173&bih=590. The schedule is from Tuesday till Sunday from 10:00-16:00. After 16:00 the houses are being closed and you can visit only the outside.This museum is also closed on Monday.
Near The Village Museum it's The Etnografic Museum wich has the same schedule as The Village Museum. Here it's a link for it: https://www.google.ro/search?q=muzeul+etnografie+baiamare&client=firefox-a&sa=N&hl=ro&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=j4_kUaWXB9HcsgbqnoFA&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=1173&bih=590.
If you realy want to know more about our culture you most go outside the city. You most visit Merry Cemetery wich is at 70 Km from the city in a village called Sapanta(in Romanian*Cimitirul vesel din Sapanta *). People culture from here is similar with the dacians(gauls) wich consider death as a noble moment a moment of joy, they are not afraid of death.Here it is the link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Cemetery. It is full of funny epitaphs.We recomand you to find a young person(young people usually study English at school) to translate you those epitaphs. They are very interesting and funny. Sapanta it's near Sighetul Marmatiei.You can take a bus from Baia Mare to Sighetul Marmatiei.There are busses that goes to Sighet every hour and from Sighetul Marmatiei you can also take a bus.
Our region is famous by the wooden churches and wooden gates. You must also visit Barsana Monastery. It's a heavenly place. Here it's the link: https://www.google.ro/search?q=barsana+monastery&client=firefox-a&hs=Lmu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BJbkUe-pEo3PsgbmsIGABg&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1173&bih=590. It is situated at 15 Km from Sighetul Marmatiei.
This is one of our wooden gates: https://www.google.ro/search?q=barsana+monastery&client=firefox-a&hs=Lmu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BJbkUe-pEo3PsgbmsIGABg&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1173&bih=590#client=firefox-a&hs=oRF&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=porti+maramuresene%5C&oq=porti+maramuresene%5C&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l4.160785.171152.0.172533.31.17.6.8.8.0.103.1516.13j4.17.0....0...1c.1.19.img.xcKfUFf2YfI&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.Yms&fp=9c9fed088049f61e&biw=1173&bih=590&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=2yuEaXB8jJ6ioM%3A%3BJaihj5I6UL5HoM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F4.bp.blogspot.com%252F_RutRl3ACgj0%252FTPFcGQrdUkI%252FAAAAAAAAFjM%252FowdN9t96400%252Fs640%252FIMG_1065.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fromaniamegalitica.blogspot.com%252F2010%252F11%252Fpoarta-maramureseana-biblia-locurilor.html%3B1600%3B1200. The symbols that are sculptured have the role to protect the family. The twisted rope symbolizes life and death, the conection between the sky and the earth, between people and God. Every gate has a sun wich symbolize life. People always use oak wood to make the gates. The wood must have been cutted before a night with a full moon so that it could protect the people from bad things. The wood must be taken home in a working day so that it would bring people luck. Passing trough the gate it symbolize the transformation. When people came home they let outside all their worries and by passing thought the gate they purify themselves so that they could have a happy family. Here are more pictures here: https://www.google.ro/search?q=barsana+monastery&client=firefox-a&hs=Lmu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BJbkUe-pEo3PsgbmsIGABg&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1173&bih=590#client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=porti+maramuresene&oq=porti+maramuresene&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i24l4.7293.12028.14.12304.18.10.0.8.8.0.93.860.10.10.0....0...1c.1.19.img.Ikou0biD9to&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48705608,d.Yms&fp=51371724d174f2f1&biw=1173&bih=590&imgdii=.
Durring you are visiting our country you should know that people from here are very friendly and they would like to help you. Youg people learn English at school so you can approach them. They will understand you better but old people could also help. We've written you the Romanian translation for the places we recomand you to visit so you can find them easier.
We hope you enjoy you visit. If you want to ask us something else please do.Good luck and have a nice trip. We are sure that in our country you will meet nice people.

PHILOSOPHY

We always try to see the best part of any situation that appear in our life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We want to participate as a traveler and a couch. The region were we live is a place full with tradition, amazing places, very nice people witch I'm sure you will love it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We like going on a trip in the mountains. In our country there are a lot of fascinating mountains so we often choose to go in the mountains in our free time. We enjoy fresh air, forests, birds, squirrel and to collect mushroom(there are a lot of mushroom and they are delicious). I born in Republic of Moldova so we often visit it. It's a wonderful country with very nice people. We have also visited Ukrain. Here we had visited Odessa and Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyis a regional city and port situated on the right bank of the Dniester Liman (on the Dniester estuary leading to the Black Sea).There we also visit The White Fortress.

Interests

We like to walk in nature, healthy food, cycling and joging.We are interested in our personal development. We enjoy to listen the sound of the nature, especially the birds sound.

• birds
• culture
• folklore
• perfumes
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• cycling
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

We like intrumental music but most of the time we prefer silence.
Movies: "Pay it forward", The water(documentary)
Books: "Conversation with God" Neale Donald Walsch, "Easy obedience-Teaching children self-dicipline with love" Kay Kuzma.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing we have done it's that we became vegetarians and practising yoga. This experience change our life. We descover a better way to live our life in harmony.

Teach, Learn, Share

We want to prove that kindness have no borders. We want to share our experience with everyone and change the world in a better place.