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| THE WINNERS OF THE "CULTURE AND ADVENTURE IN ROMANIA"CONTEST HAVE ENDED THEIR TRIP TO ROMANIA |
| (2007-08-28) |
| Last updated: 2007-08-28 14:43 EET |
Sabrina Cerini and her fiancé Marco Sanmartino, the winners of the “Culture and Adventure in Romania” contest organised by RRI have ended their holiday in this country. So, today, we invite you to make a short recap of the highlights of their trip to Romania, which started in Gorj county, in the south, where Marco, 27, dived (for the first time in his life) into fresh mountain waters, from a 7 meters height, and tried the tyrolean cord over a 20 metre high waterfall. Marco said, jokingly, that he also enjoyed the second part of their journey:
“Of course, the part that I liked best was the first one, because for me a holiday means, first of all, practising sports. But I also enjoyed our stopovers at several monasteries, in the second part of our journey. After all risks that we took practicing extreme sports, it was good to have the opportunity to pray and thank God that we made it in one piece.”
Each of the monasteries that our guests visited in Arges county has something unique. Curtea de Arges is an architectural jewel; Robaia hosts religious icons famous for the serenity they inspire; at the Aninoasa monastery a black smoke has covered the interior mural paintings, preserving the original colours for more than 500 years and Namaiesti is a monastery perched on a rock, where St. Apostle Andrew brought an icon painted by St. Apostle Luke, after Virgin Mary’s face.
On Transfagarasan, the highest road in Romania, Sabrina and Marco discovered breathtakingly beautiful landscapes , similar to those in their native Italy, but they also had a couple of surprises. Marco Sanmartino:
“We saw a family of 11 chamois, from a short distance. Then we heard marmots whistling, just like they do in Italy. The scenery was similar to that in Val D’Aosta, northern Italy. I didn’t expect the road to be asphalted, but we had no trouble driving up to 2,000 metres. Everything was spectacular.”
Before coming to Romania, the two Italian guests only knew about the legend of Dracula and the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. But after spending 11 days among Romanians, Marco goes back with something more:
“It is very important for future generations to preserve traditions, the history and culture of a people I did not know could be so reach culturally and historically.”
While Sabrina, a graduate of the Foreign Languages Faculty in Pavia, learnt enough words in Romanian to say goodbye to their hosts, in their mother tongue:
“I thank all Romanians for their hospitality.”
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