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Astra Museum - Romania, Sibiu City - picture from my personal archive (July 2021)

(Hey everyone! This is my first blog as a wandering writer. I hope you'll enjoy the travels!)

Summer is finally here! And so is the end of the school year. Thank God!! The Pandemic put a hell of a bump in our lives, but I am slowly getting back to my normal life and routine. The last couple of months have been filled with stress for me (and I am sure for a lot of you, as well). I am an introvert at heart and sticking around the house for a year and a half hasn't affected me that much (online schooling three kids have!), but I still felt the need to go out; explore.

However, I had to pass another hurdle... the weather! In my part of the world, Eastern Europe, it has been raining for the last month, every single day. And I'm not speaking of soft, quick showers. I mean pouring rain that flooded my garden! I jokingly told my kids that this year I won't buy them an inflating pool, but a boat LOL 😄.

Anyway, we finally have warm weather. So, this weekend I dragged the kids and the husband outside to wander around. We visited a small Culinary Turkish Bazar from where I got shells steamed in wine and Baclava - a very sweet Turkish delight with nuts and honey.

They were amazing! I am a sucker for sweets, so I enjoyed them. The kids? Eh, not so much. The truth is the Baclava is VERY sweet and you have to have something to drink to dilute the honey in your mouth. Still, I enjoyed the sweet more than the kids :). And the shells? I'm just going to say that I ate them all by myself. Okay, I left some for hubby to taste...

After visiting the Turkish Culinary Bazar, we went to the zoo. We haven't been there in two years, so it was exceptional to see all the renovations the administration made and the super cool decorations. 

Sibiu City Zoo 2021 - picture from my personal archive

The day was hot and there were many people visiting, but we had a great time, anyway. It took us about an hour to wander around and let me tell you; my feet protested! I have a desk job, so I don't do a lot of walking around at work. And after a year and a half of staying home... After visiting the zoo we went to the outdoors Astra Museum.

It's a Traditional Museum expanding on a large piece of land. The main thing I wanted to visit was the Handmade Fair taking place there. But walking through the museum, we've encountered a very cool Dacian role-play set. Needless to say; my kids were ecstatic! They had so much fun role-playing.

Astra Museum 2021 - Picture from my personal archive

And the Dacians had so much patience to dress up the kids, show them the instruments, and how to use them. It was outstanding!

The last stop was at the Handmade Fair. We ate a Hungarian traditional sweet bread and had our first ice cream of the year. I know almost everything we ate had sugar, but we diluted it with water, only :). After our quick lunch, the kids stopped at the Arts and Crafts tent. Let me tell you how two hours went for me. I sat on a bench watching my kids have fun painting and doing all sorts of other handmade items (I helped here and there). Hubby took off with the little one and when he came back, he wanted to leave. True, it was six PM by that time, but still... I wanted to buy myself some earrings but the hoard almost dragged me out of the Museum😒.

Well, they were tired; I was tired..., and I can get my earrings another time. The day was a success for me. The weather was glorious; we had fun and enjoyed the much-needed outing. I got myself a shoulder tan for the trouble and feet pain since I wanted to look nice and wore a pair of shoes I just bought. Well, that's about it for now. Stay tuned for the next adventure!

Roxy