Romanian National Day

Cluj-Napoca has been part of Romania for less than a hundred years.  The costumed people in these top photos are re-enacting a event that took place at the end of the 19th century, where people protested to break from the Austro-Hungarian empire.  Going through this part of Romania, you see signs in both German and Hungarian, depending on the city or village.  It's an interesting history of empires going back and forth.  The people of Cluj are happy to be part of Romania now, as shown by the large Romanian flags on the buildings.  December first is Romanian National Day, the day the king and queen re-entered Bucharest to reclaim Romania after the first World War.

Crazy January Start #7: Sunflowers

Another start, this one a small Lizzie Kate kit.  It'll go into my rotation when I need something small.  

Found In Romania

It's a Romanian language stitching magazine, similar to Spain's Labores de Hogar.  Fun to look at and I will try to make a project out of it.

Piatra Neamt Pizza

We took a road trip in early December.  It was an interesting experience snaking through the Carpathian mountains in the snow.  At the halfway point to Cluj Napoca, we stopped for lunch.  There was an H&M opening at the mall next door to the pizza place, so it as mobbed.  The pizza took a -very- long time to come out, but was good when it finally got to the table.

Crazy January Start #6: Fleur-de-lis Celebration

I didn't start this last year because Andreas didn't like the black and gold combination.  This year I got around that by making it gold and wine.  He likes it much better.

Light Up Dog

Mattie received a Christmas gift from the Rogers family.  It's a LED light up collar, and she doesn't seem to mind it at all when we put it on - including the blinky lights.

Budapest Knife

If you haven't noticed it yet, there's a travel theme with my husband.  Where ever he goes, he tends to bring back a knife.  There are worse things for a world traveler to collect.  The latest addition is this one from Hungary - along with two extra belt cases for his every day carries.