LIFE IN A TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN VILLAGE IN BREB 🇷🇴 UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE! (📍: Maramures, Romania)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ย. 2022
- Breb has to be added to your Romania itinerary!
The Maramures region in Romania is so beautiful! We really have to go back and explore more if it. Breb is one of those places where time goes by slower and you are forced to enjoy the little things. We loved walking the 'streets' of Breb, saying hi to everyone, playing with every single animal we crossed paths with, learning about their culture and values and just being there... it may sound strange, but even though you're obviously a tourist, it feels like you're a part of something. And it's very special 💫
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Romanian, here, I grew up in the country ide and I can tell you that the cow manure is used as a fertilizer, it is left outside in a pile so it can grow the necessary earthworms and other bugs so it can be a fertile base for greenhouses. It is better than anything you can find on the market, and that is due to the natural grass the cows eat. It may be weird for outsiders but it is way better than having the government control everything you do like in America.
Thanks for the info... :) no one is comparing anything to the US just fyi - no one said there was anything wrong with it either. Just an observation as people who don't know anything about how things work in the countryside.
Breb, we will never forget you! Now we need to go back to meet Bella's puppies!! 🥰 We hope you enjoyed hanging out with us in Breb! Thanks so much for watching our videos ❤ XO, Aimara & Gordon
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That old lady said "MARSH" which means specifically for dogs "go away". She said something more like "something to eat you" speaking with the dog because she was scared to not bite her. The following expressions speaking with you, she said "the dog can attack the people and you can get penalty from the police"
The second old lady from the store asking you, said " NU MUSHKA?" which means "Not bite?" As you can see the reaction of people when they defend themselves because they was scared about the dog.
I was there for a week-end last winter, my family went skying in Cavnic, near Brebi... tons of snow but we had a great time there... the people are amazing!
One of my favorite stops in all of Romania! So nice to see traditional ways of life still hanging on. And shootout to Bella for being the sweetest dog we've met since we started traveling 🐶
Oh Bella 🥰
@@waysoftheworld_ the old lady said she's gonna get a big fine if the dog gonna bite them 😂
Oh Breb! 🇷🇴 you changed us! We love you so much!! 🥰🥰🥰
Breb ❤️🇷🇴
Staying at Breb was like going back in time and the village looks like a movie set. Beautiful.
Yes! Like a movie set, yes! 👏🏼 Breb is so special. We would love to go back ❤️
Hello. I'm from Romania and I want to thank you for visit and say nice things about Romania. If you ever come back to Maramures county, I suggest visit Barsana, one of the most beautiful monasteries in Romania, also make a trip with "mocanita", a steam train through the mountains in a place named Viseul de Sus. One observation: "Buna" is the short version of "Buna ziua", and is usualy used between young people, friends and people you have met before and became close to you. It's a litle bit unusual to use it to older people or someone you have never met. I'm sure the old ladies didn't get upset, but it is not polite. The "safe" formula is "Buna ziua" to everyone.
Hi Florin! :) Barsana has been highly recommended a few times now, we're taking notes! And the 'mocanita' train is also something we would love to do when we go back. Thanks so much for taking the time to send us recs and for teaching us more about your beautiful language. This is all very good to know!! :)
Thank you for your visit too! Come again! 🥰
European rural life at it‘s best, another very nice vlog!
Oh gosh so peaceful and pure... this was one of our favorite stops!!!
Hi.
I appreciate that when you have visited the church, you made the sign of the cross as we are doing it. I have seen this extremely rare in tourist vlogs made by foreigners visiting our country Romania. ( I am from Braşov city, Transylvania ), but living in the UK for years. You can see this very often to Romanian people , doing the sign of the cross even when they pass near the church, or passing it in a bus or car. Over 95% of us, romanians, we believe in God, and spiritual values.
Thank you for visiting. God bless you all.
Hi 💞 Thanks for the kind wishes! I (Aimara) also grew up doing the sign of the cross. It's common in my country as well. I grew up in Venezuela :)
You guys are just lovely!!! Although romanian, ive never been to breb myself, so im extra grateful for your visit ❤️
Awww thanks so much! You're the sweetest! Breb was incredible and hope you get to visit soon. It's a special place for sure ❤️
Rumunia to piękny Kraj 🇷🇴👌👍❤🇵🇱
We were in Breb late last September and loved it!! The wooden gates were beautiful, the wooden churches too. I bought a traditional Romanain scarf there from a lovely little Bunica (grandmother).
Awww that sounds lovely. We had such a relaxing time in Breb, it was one of our favorite stops in Romania. Happy to hear you enjoyed too. This place is special 🥰
The piles of poop are used as natural fertilizer "ingrasamant'' so that is why in one of your vlogs you mention that the veggies you ate are so good.
Makes sense - all natural veggies 🙂
this video is at a whole new level of chill. Amazing place.
We had the best time! So relaxing and really such an amazing place to learn how to be present. We love Breb so much ❤️🇷🇴
And we miss Bella so much 💔 We’re sure she’ll have some cute puppies soon!! 🙏🏻
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Thats not a distillery, thats a nuclear reactor.
hahaha 😂
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Hopefuly you ve enjoy it your time in Maramureș! Its a totaly different region from other regions! You are more than welcome to return anytime!
So different! We can't wait to get to know Romania better next time :) This trip was very special to us ❤️ Thanks for being so welcoming!
About the lady at 6:45 , she was very afraid of the dog. She said that the dog will jump on her and bite her. She was trying to scare and keep the dog away from her. She wasn't aggressive towards you, near the end of the scene she was attempting to justify in front of you why she acted like that. :)
I can explain why this happens. Usually, dogs in the countryside are a bit wild and territorial and they many times attack and bite people. Usually dogs don't go alone freely on the village streets. Seeing a dog which is so big as yours, triggered a very strong fear motivated response knowing that in case of an attack, she won't be able to defend.
Thank you so much for translating! We thought she was mad at us for being out with a dog that big without a leash lol but she wasn't our dog (we wish hahaha) - we actually saw many many dogs just roaming around town freely, but not as big as Bella. And yes, she's super protective! That's why she jumped on poor Calut (Bella's owner explain this to us, she's just trained to protect). Anyways, it was quite memorable to say the least! 😂 thanks again so much for translating! ❤️
I'm not quite sure but she might've had a bad experience with Bella before. She was saying that the dog doesn't jump on tourists but it does jump on her. :) The second lady getting out from the small store, at 7:06 , is asking if the dog bites. :)
I whish you many wonderful trips.
I think you each have 2 hearts...one is Romanian! ❤❤I love you, guys!✌Cheers/Noroc!🥂
We do ❤️ we left a piece of our hearts in Romania and cannot wait to be back! Noroc and happy new year!!
@@waysoftheworld_ NOROC...Happy New Year, dears!!🤞🤞
that red drink is not horinca or palinca, probably Vișinata (a kind of alcoholic drink made by macerating sour cherries with sugar and alcohol) or Afinata (same only with blueberries), usually weaker than palinca
Yes, the red one had a different name, I think Afinata.. we forgot to mention it in the video. We learned this thanks to our host, who explained everything :) thanks for letting us know. We couldn't remember the name and now we know!
Romania is beautiful county🌿
I well visit Romania one day
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We hope you get to visit. Romania is very special ❤️
Outstanding video my friends👏🏻👏🏻 I think you captured life there perfectly👍 pears grown in the cemetery? Well, ashes to ashes,dust to dust and into pears I guess🤷🏻♂️ looking forward to more adventures with you. Safe travels✌️🙏👍🤙
hahahaha love this 😂 thanks so much for being here and always making us laugh ❤️😂
the lady was not pissed at the tourists. She was afraid of that ball of fluffiness of a dog ❤. And she said that she does not jump on the tourists but she jumps on her. She was just afraid of the dog.
hahaha that's so funny that she said that 😂 thank you so so much for translating! ❤️
@@waysoftheworld_ just to give you some more context. For the people living in those villages, especially the old people, animals need to have a purpose. The cow gives meat and dairy, the horse helps around, the dog defends the property. Once someone else's dog is out they see it as a dangerous animal. Ofc they're not.
You totally nailed why this vlog. It's just a fabulous place , simple and so relaxing in pure nature. You take me back in time, just a couple of months ago when I visited Bârsana , just 10 km for Breb . Thank you so much for this amazing experience but kind of sad with the last words ..... "Last video of Romania" 😔😞
Oh it must be so nice there too! We loved the slower pace of life and how pure everything felt. And I know, so sad 💔 We can't believe we are almost done with these videos and this incredible chapter in our travel life. Everything comes to an end, but we sure hope there's a part 2 (and many more) for us and Romania ❤️🇷🇴
@@waysoftheworld_ There must be a second part , this was just Chapter one 😁
I don t know if you guys were aware of the old Lady s remarks .She said -The dog is Not barking on tourists but on People -hahaha .Tourists are Not People , hahaha .Maramures is the place that makes you a better person , calms you down taking you into a different World .
Yes ! Dogs don't bite tourists so as not to make a bad impression ! 😂🥰
hahaha yes this is too funny 😂
Yes, thanks! Everyone has been so helpful translating, so thank you 🫶🏼 This is such a beautiful way to describe Maramures. We can't wait to be back. We wish we could have spend more time there, but there's always next time :) 🇷🇴
@@waysoftheworld_ Even funnier are the few words the old woman slipped to the dog: "Let the world marvel at you!". It's a specific expression from the area of Maramureș and Northern Transylvania (I know exactly what I'm saying because I'm originally from there), a kind of insulting word, a semi-curse, dropped in unpleasant moments, obviously the old woman was afraid of being bitten by Bella. You know, in this life, it's not a small thing to get into a position where everyone will marvel at you. It goes without saying that a lot of hard things must have happened in your life to get you to that position.🤣😂😅🥰
@@midelli57 "ca-ti dau una de se mira lumea de tine" ~ "I'll smack you that people will wonder at you" 😂. and after that she added "ca-i trag una de se inmoaie" ~ "I'll smack her once that she'll go soft (black out)" 😂 their accent makes it so funny
Ma bucur că va place tara mea 🥰💖
More than liked... we LOVED Romania so so much and hope that more people visit! It's incredible and we can't wait to be back ❤️🇷🇴
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Next time you come around Brașov please do let me know in advance and I can be your culinary guide 😉 Thank you for promoting Romania! All the best!
YES!! Thanks for the invite!! We would LOVE that!!!! 🥰 We will share in advance on Yt & IG when we go back to Romania (no plans for now, but we hope we will be back!). It feels like we have so many new friends now :) Thanks again!! ❤️
that would be awesome, do you still do such a guides? 🤩
Hello. Great images. Thank you.
Hi :) Thanks for being here! Happy to hear you liked it!
We romanians are kinda weird when it comes to greetings, Bună is short for Bună dimineața/ziua/seara which is Good morning/day/evening but is used by ladies as their greeting men only use it to greet ladies if we greet other men we say Noroc (good luck) or Salut (salute), basically men never bună other men i don't know why and at this point i am too affraid to ask:) Forgot to mention these are all used in a casual setting if you go to a formal setting everybody uses the full greeting as in bună dimineața/ziua/seara.
Oh we had no idea! We kind of have the same 'rules' in Spanish, that's so interesting. Thanks so much for sharing!! We thought Noroc was only for cheers, but this is cool to know all these ways to say hello :) Thanks again for taking the time to share this!
That’s completely untrue lmao, it’s used by everybody to greet everyone. Noroc is not a way of greeting someone but used as “cheers” in English also in Transylvania we use Servus, especially in the countryside more than anything else
🤣🤣🤣the old lady said the dog bites only the locals but not the tourists.🤣🤣 I grew up in Romanian village, and worked the land since I was a kid. When I tell Americans about my life there they are thinking like I was doing American farming, which is far away from that. Maybe I should compare Romanian farming to Amish farming🤣
hahaha the lady was pretty funny after knowing what she said lol 😂 Romanian village life was so special to witness. So pure, beautiful, and a deep love and connection to their land. A lot of hard work for sure, but also so special to witness ❤️ (and yes, that's a great comparison)
@@waysoftheworld_ she told the dog first "ill give you a hit so hard that the whole world will wonder" , it cant be translated exactly, in romanian sounds even funnier.
I haven't read all the comments, maybe this have been answered before, but the old lady at 6:45 was not angry at the tourists but at the dog. She literally said "That dog bites...the dog jumps on me, she doesn't jump on tourists but only on (local) people", and the other lady said "E amenda mare" meaning "There is a big fine"... I'm not sure but I think she meant that there is a big fine if the dog owner doesn't contain the dog and let him bite other people. And later at 7:06 she asked "Nu mușcă?" meaning "Doesn't she bite?" and went back into the shop saying "Mă mușcă câinele!" "The dog is biting me!" so she had some kind of vendetta with that dog apparently :)
Also I like this longer video, I think your other videos, at least the Romania ones, are way too short :)
Salut! :) Thanks so much for translating! Poor thing was traumatized haha, who knows what Bella did to her! She was in heat so maybe she was extra feisty hahaha and we heard from our Airbnb host like a month ago, that she had puppies! So she did get pregnant when we were there LOL And yes, we love longer videos too, but right now we're trying to see what works better. So far, we still prefer longer ones, so maybe we'll go back to those for the next travel series :)
Beautiful places where you stayed ,thx for your kindness to share ,
It's was our pleasure 😎
03:08 If you didn't notice that...the big wooden gate from the entrance of yard is a traditional thing of Maramures County/Romania.
Amazing video like always 💖Romania its a fabulous country i love IT s-o much .I wish u the best of the best în our country and în life in general .Best of Luck ..❤️💙💜💚💛👍👋💪🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🌺🌸🌲🥀🙏🥰
HIiii :) Thanks so much for the kind words and the good vibes 💫 we send you all the best as well ❤️ Romania and Romanians are very special and will forever hold a special place in our hearts 🥰
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Maramures is the most beautiful area of Romania !!!!!
It was so beautiful 🤩
Foarte frumos!!
Mulțumesc! 💙❤🎉💯💯
Cu plăcere ❤️ We love your beautiful country ❤️
This is the way you live with nature withouth affecting the green and wild life.
Yes ❤️ It was so pure, beautiful and peaceful 🙏🏼
I love the place,, beautiful scenery
Yes, it's beautiful and so special. We loved our days in Breb 🥰🇷🇴
Vido yang bagus.saya selalu ingin melihat lebih dekat kehidupan dipedesaan rumanio
From there, north west, are the Alps, and they go all the way to France!
The Carpathian mountains, are the Alps.
Cool! I bet there are a lot of other nice villages to visit up there. It was kinda hard finding information about smaller towns like Breb in other regions.
Great videos guys. You have a new subscriber 👍👍
Thanks so much Estelle ❤️ Welcome to the WOTW fam!
Such a great video and that lady was everywhere it seemed lol
hahahaha she really was! we're grateful that 'our dog' didn't attack her 🙈
The “poop” outside the barn is actually dung and is used as naturally fertilizer
Thanks for sharing :) We learned about it later.
4:45...HUMAN FLAVORS...pears...are you so smart...MY GOD..,,,,,!!!!
hahaha some people don't get jokes apparently... chill :)
Really enjoyed your vlog 😍
Hi :) Thanks so much! This makes us happy to hear ❤️
Same as Breb, even more beautiful is Viscri... you should visit. Even Prince Charles owns a house there :D
We heard about this place! We will next time :) Thanks for sending recs!!!
I loved Viscri! I was there last Sept 22.
Beautiful video!
Thank you so much! We love Breb 🇷🇴❤️
cemetery talk - was funny :)
hahaha it almost didn't make it to the final edit 😂 but we thought it was funny too!
@@waysoftheworld_ it is very nice touch :) some strange questions which we ask ourselves :)
Hugss from Romania💞💞💞
Thank you so much! Sending you a big hug back 🥰
You guys are fun :)
Thank you!!
the cow dung is use as a fertilizer for gardens and fields. Never for burn to heat.
Thanks for the info :) yes, I know in some places they do but I wasn't really sure where I read that lol that's why I had doubts. But now we know :) Thanks!
I laughed hard ....fruit trees fertilized n cemetery .. that's true allover Romania When we're kids did not care but as adults ,yeah no eating'em ... Than the loving dogs.. Glad you enjoy Maramures.
I visited there and brought me some palinka in states. good every day before meal .
hahaha kind of weird when you think about it, but at the same time, it's all good :) We just had coconuts from a graveyard in Malaysia lol - they were really good! We enjoyed Breb so much. Maramures is such a beautiful region ❤️
Sunteti minunati...suflete frumoase❤
You're so kind. Thank you ❤️
Come to Baia Mare she îs also in Maramureș
Next time :) we will be back for sure to the Maramures region and see more of it!
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horinca makes wood!
13:10 takes a small sip (unlike trad, who just treat it as a shot): "it's tasty" while frowning and burning inside.
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In Romania, what apps did you use to book your stays? Airbnb or something else?
Hi. We used Airbnb, Booking.com and Hotels.com - you'll have plenty of options with Airbnb in the bigger cities, but the other two are handy for smaller towns, like Breb for example. We booked this accommodation through Booking :) Hope this helps!
Lovely from I N D I A. ❤️🇮🇳
Thank you! Sending love back ✌🏼❤️
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Is notthat cold in the winter, probably -20°C.And those are not to much woods
Haha it's all perspective. The coldest it ever got in the places we grew up is about 8 C... so -20 C is plenty freezing to us.
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The old lady said that She will hit the dog because the dog because IT bites people....She also said She will hit the dog that it will die....the dog,haha!
LOL 😂 thanks for translating! She was so mad hahaha and of course, we saw her twice 🙈
The head covering in women is called "bazma"
Bazma!! Thank you so much :) We learned something new today ❤️
Are you kidding me? Plums from a cemetery produce the best tzuica!
hahaha I bet! I'm sure the pears were delicious too hahaha
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The ladies displeased by the dogs were afraid of Bella, saying that she's not bitting the tourists, but the people in the village. Nice video, you have to return and stay longer.
Thanks for translating!!! 🥰
You should see Aaron Paul testing those beverages
We'll look it up :)
I do not think they use cow poo for burning. They use it as fertilizer or for doing bricks with clay, probably.
Yeah that's what people have said... in other countries they do use it for heat, so we just thought it may have been the case. But not in Romania apparently... 🤷🏻♀️
I guess the old lady had a bad experience with that dog 😊 She is afraid of it
Yeah, Bella can be quite protective!
the cow dung is used as fertilizer
Best veggies ever because of it!
thats not calut :)) its a pony :D
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I always eat fruits on cemetery. They grow naturaly, no fertilizer what so ever. Human remains in fruits....that`s just silly. Palinca is poured on small cups because it`s made for a single shot. One sip :)
hahaha it was just a joke :) How do you guys drink that in one shot? We could never do it 🙈 maybe when we go back, we'll have to try it with the locals! 😂
@@waysoftheworld_ the first shot is hard but get used to it after the 3`rd :))). Just "botoms up" and fight the fire in your chest :)))). Ofcourse , at my country side in Oltenia , my grandparents used to have a shot before meal to "open the apetite" :)) . Also Calut is a diminutive for horse....like horsy or something. Cal= Horse , Calut= horsy ...ish.
hahahha so that lady didn't say anything bad about tourists. She was afraid of the dog, she said it jumps on people and bites them, but that they don't bite tourists, but will bite her
haha yea that lady really didn't like the dog from our guesthouse!
Whats the hotel / house name, please i will visit and need 2 rooms
Hi, it was this one: fave.co/4aMoWlQ (FYI that's an affiliate link 😇)
careful with the stray dogs in Romania, some of them could be aggressive and the animal lovers protest when they are taken off the streets, or adopt them from the shelters and let them free again...
Yea we heard about the stray dogs! I read because they are descendants of herding dogs that they can be very territorial. thankfully we didn't have any issues, but the idea of running into shepherd dogs during hikes did make me nervous...
The sheep are not skinny, they cut their hair, is something normal.
thanks for sharing :)
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Get your Arms out of your pockets while în church, love you
love you guys
Hi :) we love you too
Well the poop is for fertilize he land dudes
Cool! Thanks dude! 👍🏻