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•  BEST LAID PLANS
  Our weather has changed.After a long long winter, and a hardly existent Spring, summer has arrived, with a bang.Sunshine all day long and temperatures up to 30 deg C.The weather forecast told us it was coming so we planned for it.At last we could get out into the garden and plant all of those oh so...
  Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:01:00
•  A TASTE OF OUR HOUSE, VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING AREA
  The Castle overlooking our nearby city, Deva This is the front of our house This is the small house that 8 of you will sleep in bunk beds. It has it's own wet room,with stand up shower as well as a small sitting room These 2 pictures are of our guest bedroom, which has it's own s...
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:48:00
•  THE REAL POWER OF ROMANIA
  We went to Sibiu this weekend. The trip was primarily to meet members of Sibiu Ballet Company, who would like to do something to help support the Special Needs Centre that we work at, or even to do a performance to raise some money for them. They are really lovely people and we had a great time wit...
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:21:00
•  SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
  I have written a lot in previous Blogs about our aim to be as self-sufficient as we can in every aspect of our 'new' lives here in Romania.It's been something I have been thinking even more about recently, as with Spring approaching we need to set about preparing the ground and planting our early c...
  Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:43:00
•  VOLUNTEER ROMANIA'S GREAT NEW YEAR OFFER
  Now is a great time to book what could possibly be the experience of a lifetime with Volunteer Romania. What could be better than spending a holiday in a village in a largely unspoiled and beautiful country whilst also putting smiles on the faces of disadvantaged children, orphans and special needs ...
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:52:00