{"id":3397,"date":"2020-07-12T23:18:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:36:03","slug":"mi-a-cazut-cu-tronc-o-ulita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/2020\/07\/mi-a-cazut-cu-tronc-o-ulita\/","title":{"rendered":"Fell in love with an alley&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I pretty much don&#8217;t know\nthe Danube Delta. I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I got here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time, when I\nwas 9 years old. For the film &#8220;The Meeting&#8221;, directed by Sergiu\nNicolaescu. I have no idea what arm I was on. All I know is that I filmed in a\nbar J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years later, I hosted a\nshow in Sulina, starring the band ASIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some time ago I returned\nto Delta in a teambuilding, with the Next Star team from Antena 1 television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, in the summer\nof 2020, I came here again, with work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I told you, one hand is\nenough in counting my visits to the Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/delta%20dunarii_canal.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_canal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/10%20poze\/mare%20de%20nuferi.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mare-de-nuferi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SFANTU GHEORGHE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the luxury of accommodation, beyond the smell of the sea (here we go, I am in a poetry mood), beyond the landscapes perfect for a photographic exhibition, in Sfantu Gheorghe I fell in love with\u2026 a village street!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/ulita%20delta%20dunarii_1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s quite a sensation,\nman, to cross the village on a fine sand street, a sand worthy of a rich Mamaia\nbeach\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the side streets\nalso reveal their unaltered charm. (That&#8217;s if you ignore the small sidewalk).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/ulita%20cu%20vaci_delta%20dunarii.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-cu-vaci_delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep thinking what a\nhappy childhood the children here had and still have. All they need is buckets,\nshovels and sand molds to make some beautiful, inedible cakes J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HOW TO GET TO SFANTU GHEORGE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Access to the town is\nonly on water. That&#8217;s how our gang from work arrived here, taking the motor\nboats from <strong>Murighiol<\/strong>, where we\nabandoned our cars in a parking lot that cost us 20 lei a day (~4 euros).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took us about 50\nminutes to get here, on the fast route, a first contact with Delta, on wide\nchannels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of transportation:\nwhile I was in Sfantu Gheorghe, I don&#8217;t think I saw more than 3 cars on the\nstreets. I was told that the cars are brought by boat, ferry or as it is called\nhere\u2026 wait, I found out: it is called <strong>a\nbarge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHAT TO DO IN SFANTU GHEORGHE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely, you can <strong>fish<\/strong>. If you do not come with your\nclever tools, you can rent some from here. And, if you don&#8217;t want worms and\nother creatures to stick in the hook, take in a napkin the polenta they brought\ntogether with your fish brine for dinner\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/canal%20delta%20dunarii.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/canal-delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can take <strong>boat trips on the canals<\/strong> \u2013 a\n&#8220;must&#8221;, in my opinion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The village is full of\nposters\/banners\/plaques put on people&#8217;s house walls or fences, with offers for\nboat trips. And the resorts have offers for their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"cu barca pe canale in Delta Dunarii\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0W8jQC5ng1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are routes often taken by boatmen, long canals, wide lakes, large channels on which you catch speed and\u2026 My God, wait, we were about to reach Ukraine J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/copac%20in%20apa_delta%20dunarii.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copac-in-apa_delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckly there was the scarecrow\u2026 or rather the scare-pelicans and cormorants. The truth is that I, the swan that I am J, was scared of this tree in the middle of the water, dressed in a fishnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3406\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3406\" class=\"wp-image-3406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nufar-alb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3407\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3407\" class=\"wp-image-3407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nuferi-galbeni-delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t get bored with the scenery. And, even if you have been going on the same canal for some time and you feel kind of sleepy, a bird suddenly jumps out of the bushes, cutting the path of the boat or, worse, a hornet wakes you up\u2026 F*%&amp;k, that hurts!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/cai%20delta%20dunarii.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cai-delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get to the\nfamous Letea forest yet, but we found wild horses here as well. Or semi-wild,\nas they told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On our way through the\nwilderness of the Delta, we came across an abandoned campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/camping%20vantu%20delta%20dunarii.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camping-vantu-delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t imagine how\nwide it is! A small town in the middle of the Delta! With many colorful houses,\nall with a bathroom. God, who left it become such a ruin???<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s V\u00e2ntu&#8217;s&#8221;\n(a controversial businessman) \u2013 the boatman tells us. Ok, let&#8217;s have the wind\nblow from behind and get out of here, because I can feel a sea of anger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is better for us to\nbe excited like children in every creature seen through the reeds, in the air, through\nthe water or on the sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pescarus_1-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pescarus_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3410\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3410\" class=\"wp-image-3410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pescarus_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3423\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3423\" class=\"wp-image-3423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_pasare_3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3424\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3424\" class=\"wp-image-3424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rate.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cormorants, egrets, ducks, seagulls, pelicans<\/strong> and\u2026 that is all, this\nis where my knowledge stops. Don&#8217;t ask me about others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat takes a\n&#8220;less touristy&#8221; route: a very narrow canal, cut through a green reed\nforest. You&#8217;re on for some strong sensations, if the boatman of the boat you\nare in is less experienced: stuck in the reeds, let&#8217;s push down the boat, things\nlike that, nothing serious\u2026 And anyway, what happens in the reeds, stays in the\nreeds J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/delta_cu%20barca%20prin%20stuf.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/delta_cu%20barca%20prin%20stuf_eu.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta_cu-barca-prin-stuf_eu.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is, while some\nare trying their best, others are taking a wild selfie hihi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We finally went out of\nthe reeds and returned on a kind of highway of the Delta\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/vaci%20delta%20dunarii_2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaci-delta-dunarii_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the boat trip you can see herds of cattle and horses that stay on stretches of sand. You don&#8217;t know whose they are, if they belong to anyone, they seem lost on the edge of a canal, fighting the hornets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/vaca%20in%20apa_delta%20dunarii.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vaca-in-apa_delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Do you know why\nthey go into the water?&#8221; \u2013 uncle Marcel, an old boatman, who is also our\nguide, asks us. &#8220;Because it&#8217;s the only way to get rid of the\nhornets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We find out that this is\nhow it is here, the animals are left free to wander. So free that the gates of\nresorts and guesthouses have a clear announcement for tourists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/afis.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/afis.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Pretty please, lock the gate at night, otherwise the cattle will get to the yard.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All right\u2026 What else can\nyou do here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can go <strong>sunbathing at the Black Sea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/plaja%20sfantu%20gheorghe_2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing is arranged\nhere, but the stretch of the beach and the extremely fine sand are strong\npoints!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that you know, from\nthe Green Village resort to the beach you walk 20-30 minutes, depending on how fast\nyou go and how much you stop to admire the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is some sort of\ntransportation, that takes people from time to time, but I didn&#8217;t know when the\n&#8220;from time to time&#8221; is, so I took it on foot, through the sand, among\nthe trees, bumping into a suspicious donkey, some cows grazing and storks. And into\nthe local police, who was patrolling in a holiday rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/eu%20la%20marea%20la%20sfantu%20gheorghe.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eu-la-marea-la-sfantu-gheorghe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can sit freely\nin the sun. The beach is huge and you have the freedom to choose a\n&#8220;plot&#8221; as big as a kingdom, over which to rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Man, to be honest, the\nsea water doesn&#8217;t look tempting at all to me, however, I see people swimming\nand bathing enthusiastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are dehydrated,\nat the entrance to the beach there are two bars. And some ecological toilets,\nin case you want to splash your\u2026 toes. That is if you did not take advantage of\nthe moments spent in the sea water J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE PLACE WHERE THE DANUBE MEETS THE BLACK SEA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/plaja%20sfantu%20gheorghe_1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/plaja-sfantu-gheorghe_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you keep it straight\nalong the beach, walking through the water or on the sand full of shells\nperfect for necklaces, in about 20 minutes you will reach the point where the\nDanube flows into the Black Sea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect the place\nto be marked in any way, but you can&#8217;t miss it either. You reach the\n&#8220;corner&#8221;, where the beach turns to the right and you can see how the\nDanube makes its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/dunarea%20in%20marea%20neagra_sfantu%20gheorghe.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra_sfantu-gheorghe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>view from the Danube towards the Black Sea<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/dunarea%20in%20marea%20neagra%20la%20sfantu%20gheorghe_eu.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dunarea-in-marea-neagra-la-sfantu-gheorghe_eu.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a wild, deserted place (at least now, at sunset), with a quiet sea that doesn&#8217;t fit in my head with what the waiter in the restaurant told us yesterday: because of the currents in the Sea and the whirlpools in the Danube, this place is extremely dangerous!!! Even experienced swimmers can get killed here. The boy told us how groups of tourists would come to them, they would go to see the place and take a bath and then fewer would come back&#8230; Brrr, horrible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/apus%20de%20soare%20in%20delta.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/apus-de-soare-in-delta.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE TOWN OF SFANTU GHEORGHE. WHAT I FOUND OUT AND WHAT I SAW\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe has a population of less than 800 inhabitants. Romanians, Lipovenians, Ukrainians \u2013 the internet says. <strong>Cossacks<\/strong>, not Ukrainians, a local man corrects me\u2026 And he tells me there are no more than 600 inhabitants nowadays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/delta%20dunarii_barca%20cu%20stuf.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_barca-cu-stuf.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main occupations of\nthese people are fishing and reed harvesting \u2013 used to build fence and roofs.\n&#8220;We are fishermen, not rod fishermen&#8221;, the locals say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children? There are only\nabout 45 of them. Who go to the village to kindergarten and then to school up\nto the eighth form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the school,\nthere are a library &amp; museum, which were closed every time I passed by the\nbuilding. So I can&#8217;t really say anything about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military unit in the\narea seems just as closed. While I was here, I did not see any sign of a\nsoldier inside. Maybe the COVID caught them all at home, on leave\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For shopping\nenthusiasts, there is a small (super)market in Sfantu Gheorghe. Good for a fast\nbuying of the necessary things. Not too many, as they have higher prices here\nthan the prices you are used to anyway. Those here live from what they produce\nin their own household, from what they fish and with the merchandize they buy\nfrom Tulcea, where the prices are lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, come here\nwith cash, for possible purchases like a fish, some caviar\u2026 There is no ATM in\nthe village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not crazy\nabout fish \u2013 which would be a shame, judging by the variety you have here \u2013 go eat\na pizza at the pizza house in the center. People recommend it as good and, judging\nby the crowds in the evening, it would seem so. I didn&#8217;t test it. I was set on\ntaking walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/blocuri%20sfantu%20gheorghe.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocuri-sfantu-gheorghe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And during the walks downtown, I came across 2-storey communist blocks of flats. The only &#8220;landscape&#8221; that upset my eye in these places. So I decided to go back to my favorite streets and admire the houses on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/ulita%20delta%20dunarii_2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ulita-delta-dunarii_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The village is full of houses which, during the touristic season, definitely become, most of them, <strong>guest houses<\/strong>. One caught my attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3440\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3440\" class=\"wp-image-3440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3441\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3441\" class=\"wp-image-3441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/casa-delta-dunarii_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheerful, colorful,\nadorned with all kinds of accessories, with owners that I found preparing\ndinner for their guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I remain a fan of\nhouses with reed. I mean I would love to have such a roof, even in Bucharest!\nNow I have where to get reeds. I only need the house J))).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3442\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3442\" class=\"wp-image-3442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/acoperis-casa-delta-dunarii.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3443\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=3443\" class=\"wp-image-3443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/stuf.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, if I won&#8217;t be able to get the house in Bucharest, then I will be the heir to the house of some happy people, who live here, in the Danube Delta, many months a year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/delta%20dunarii_casa%20pe%20apa.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_casa-pe-apa.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A house on the water, a rod and fishing every day, a boat\u2026 What else could you need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/barca%20in%20stuf_sfantu%20gheorghe.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-in-stuf_sfantu-gheorghe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wake up to reality\u2026 After I do the \u201ccensus\u201d of the boats pulled ashore, I choose my favorite boat \u2013 which has become a pot for the vegetation of the Delta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/barca%20sfantu%20gheorghe_1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/barca-sfantu-gheorghe_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When evening falls here,\nyou have a frog concert. One more talented than the other! If you&#8217;re nervous,\ntake some earplugs with you. If you&#8217;re not the nervous type, the concert may be\nthe best sleeping pill. Well, that&#8217;s if mosquitoes won&#8217;t kill you!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s something I\ndon&#8217;t like in the Delta, the mosquitoes are that &#8220;something&#8221;. You&#8217;d\nthink that you are protected at night by nets placed in windows, by pills or\nsprays, but what do you know, you are bitten during the day, and you feel like\nscratching with a hayfork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/delta%20dunarii_ponton.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/delta-dunarii_punte.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That is it, get ready\nand go home! We went to the fishery, we packed fish and caviar, we picked\nshells from the seashore (I would have taken some sand buckets too J), we threw away the Autan sprays finished\nin record time and we left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The car was waiting for\nus in the parking lot at Murighiol. And, what do you know, the car broke on the\nroad when we least expected, in a village from Tulcea\u2026 For a moment, I thought\nI would go home with Uncle Costel and his vehicle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"..\/delta%20editate%20de%20lucru\/magar%20la%20caruta.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magar-la-caruta.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome on, Cristina,\nlet&#8217;s go!\u201d \u2013 I hear the man shouting. I ask him amused why he named his donkey\nCristina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCristina is the woman\non the sidewalk, the one with the bags. I call her to come for me to take her\nhome\u201d :)))))) And he leaves, without even telling me his donkey&#8217;s name!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We finally find a way to\ngo home. How good would the Danube-Bucharest Channel and a motor boat be right\nnow\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Delta Dunarii - plimbare pe canal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hHKDRTU1lQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pretty much don&#8217;t know the Danube Delta. I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I got here. The first time, when I was 9 years old. For the film &#8220;The Meeting&#8221;, directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. I have no idea what arm I was on. All I know is that I filmed in a bar J. Years later, I hosted a show in Sulina, starring the band ASIA. Some time ago I returned to Delta in a teambuilding, with the Next Star team from Antena 1 television. And now, in the summer of 2020, I came here again, with work. So I told you, one hand is enough in counting my visits to the Delta. SFANTU GHEORGHE Beyond the luxury of accommodation, beyond the smell of the sea (here we go, I am in a poetry mood), beyond the landscapes perfect for a photographic exhibition, in Sfantu Gheorghe I fell in love with\u2026 a village street! It&#8217;s quite a sensation, man, to cross the village on a fine sand street, a sand worthy of a rich Mamaia beach\u2026 And the side streets also reveal their unaltered charm. (That&#8217;s if you ignore the small sidewalk). I keep thinking what a happy childhood the children here had and still have. All they need is buckets, shovels and sand molds to make some beautiful, inedible cakes J. HOW TO GET TO SFANTU GHEORGE Access to the town is only on water. That&#8217;s how our gang from work arrived here, taking the motor boats from Murighiol, where we abandoned our cars in a parking lot that cost us 20 lei a day (~4 euros). It took us about 50 minutes to get here, on the fast route, a first contact with Delta, on wide channels. Speaking of transportation: while I was in Sfantu Gheorghe, I don&#8217;t think I saw more than 3 cars on the streets. I was told that the cars are brought by boat, ferry or as it is called here\u2026 wait, I found out: it is called a barge. WHAT TO DO IN SFANTU GHEORGHE Definitely, you can fish. If you do not come with your clever tools, you can rent some from here. And, if you don&#8217;t want worms and other creatures to stick in the hook, take in a napkin the polenta they brought together with your fish brine for dinner\u2026 You can take boat trips on the canals \u2013 a &#8220;must&#8221;, in my opinion! The village is full of posters\/banners\/plaques put on people&#8217;s house walls or fences, with offers for boat trips. And the resorts have offers for their customers. There are routes often taken by boatmen, long canals, wide lakes, large channels on which you catch speed and\u2026 My God, wait, we were about to reach Ukraine J. Luckly there was the scarecrow\u2026 or rather the scare-pelicans and cormorants. The truth is that I, the swan that I am J, was scared of this tree in the middle of the water, dressed in a fishnet. You can&#8217;t get bored with the scenery. And, even if you have been going on the same canal for some time and you feel kind of sleepy, a bird suddenly jumps out of the bushes, cutting the path of the boat or, worse, a hornet wakes you up\u2026 F*%&amp;k, that hurts!!! I didn&#8217;t get to the famous Letea forest yet, but we found wild horses here as well. Or semi-wild, as they told me. On our way through the wilderness of the Delta, we came across an abandoned campsite. You can&#8217;t imagine how wide it is! A small town in the middle of the Delta! With many colorful houses, all with a bathroom. God, who left it become such a ruin??? &#8220;It&#8217;s V\u00e2ntu&#8217;s&#8221; (a controversial businessman) \u2013 the boatman tells us. Ok, let&#8217;s have the wind blow from behind and get out of here, because I can feel a sea of anger. It is better for us to be excited like children in every creature seen through the reeds, in the air, through the water or on the sand. Cormorants, egrets, ducks, seagulls, pelicans and\u2026 that is all, this is where my knowledge stops. Don&#8217;t ask me about others. The boat takes a &#8220;less touristy&#8221; route: a very narrow canal, cut through a green reed forest. You&#8217;re on for some strong sensations, if the boatman of the boat you are in is less experienced: stuck in the reeds, let&#8217;s push down the boat, things like that, nothing serious\u2026 And anyway, what happens in the reeds, stays in the reeds J. The thing is, while some are trying their best, others are taking a wild selfie hihi. We finally went out of the reeds and returned on a kind of highway of the Delta\u2026 On the boat trip you can see herds of cattle and horses that stay on stretches of sand. You don&#8217;t know whose they are, if they belong to anyone, they seem lost on the edge of a canal, fighting the hornets. &#8220;Do you know why they go into the water?&#8221; \u2013 uncle Marcel, an old boatman, who is also our guide, asks us. &#8220;Because it&#8217;s the only way to get rid of the hornets.&#8221; We find out that this is how it is here, the animals are left free to wander. So free that the gates of resorts and guesthouses have a clear announcement for tourists: All right\u2026 What else can you do here? You can go sunbathing at the Black Sea. Nothing is arranged here, but the stretch of the beach and the extremely fine sand are strong points! So that you know, from the Green Village resort to the beach you walk 20-30 minutes, depending on how fast you go and how much you stop to admire the landscape. There is some sort of transportation, that takes people from time to time, but I didn&#8217;t know when the &#8220;from time to time&#8221; is, so I took it on foot, through the sand, among the trees, bumping into a suspicious donkey, some cows grazing and storks. And into the local police, who was patrolling in a holiday rhythm. Here you can sit freely in the sun. The beach is huge and you have the freedom to choose a &#8220;plot&#8221; as big as a kingdom, over which to rule. Man, to be honest, the sea water doesn&#8217;t look tempting at all to me, however, I see people swimming and bathing enthusiastically. If you are dehydrated, at the entrance to the beach there are two bars. And some ecological toilets, in case you want to splash your\u2026 toes. That is if you did not take advantage of the moments spent in the sea water J. THE PLACE WHERE THE DANUBE MEETS THE BLACK SEA If you keep it straight along the beach, walking through the water or on the sand full of shells perfect for necklaces, in about 20 minutes you will reach the point where the Danube flows into the Black Sea! Don&#8217;t expect the place to be marked in any way, but you can&#8217;t miss it either. You reach the &#8220;corner&#8221;, where the beach turns to the right and you can see how the Danube makes its way. view from the Danube towards the Black Sea It&#8217;s a wild, deserted place (at least now, at sunset), with a quiet sea that doesn&#8217;t fit in my head with what the waiter in the restaurant told us yesterday: because of the currents in the Sea and the whirlpools in the Danube, this place is extremely dangerous!!! Even experienced swimmers can get killed here. The boy told us how groups of tourists would come to them, they would go to see the place and take a bath and then fewer would come back&#8230; Brrr, horrible! THE TOWN OF SFANTU GHEORGHE. WHAT I FOUND OUT AND WHAT I SAW\u2026 Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe has a population of less than 800 inhabitants. Romanians, Lipovenians, Ukrainians \u2013 the internet says. Cossacks, not Ukrainians, a local man corrects me\u2026 And he tells me there are no more than 600 inhabitants nowadays. The main occupations of these people are fishing and reed harvesting \u2013 used to build fence and roofs. &#8220;We are fishermen, not rod fishermen&#8221;, the locals say. Children? There are only about 45 of them. Who go to the village to kindergarten and then to school up to the eighth form. Besides the school, there are a library &amp; museum, which were closed every time I passed by the building. So I can&#8217;t really say anything about them. The military unit in the area seems just as closed. While I was here, I did not see any sign of a soldier inside. Maybe the COVID caught them all at home, on leave\u2026 For shopping enthusiasts, there is a small (super)market in Sfantu Gheorghe. Good for a fast buying of the necessary things. Not too many, as they have higher prices here than the prices you are used to anyway. Those here live from what they produce in their own household, from what they fish and with the merchandize they buy from Tulcea, where the prices are lower. By the way, come here with cash, for possible purchases like a fish, some caviar\u2026 There is no ATM in the village. If you&#8217;re not crazy about fish \u2013 which would be a shame, judging by the variety you have here \u2013 go eat a pizza at the pizza house in the center. People recommend it as good and, judging by the crowds in the evening, it would seem so. I didn&#8217;t test it. I was set on taking walks. And during the walks downtown, I came across 2-storey communist blocks of flats. The only &#8220;landscape&#8221; that upset my eye in these places. So I decided to go back to my favorite streets and admire the houses on the road. The village is full of houses which, during the touristic season, definitely become, most of them, guest houses. One caught my attention: Cheerful, colorful, adorned with all kinds of accessories, with owners that I found preparing dinner for their guests. But I remain a fan of houses with reed. I mean I would love to have such a roof, even in Bucharest! Now I have where to get reeds. I only need the house J))). Okay, if I won&#8217;t be able to get the house in Bucharest, then I will be the heir to the house of some happy people, who live here, in the Danube Delta, many months a year: A house on the water, a rod and fishing every day, a boat\u2026 What else could you need? I wake up to reality\u2026 After I do the \u201ccensus\u201d of the boats pulled ashore, I choose my favorite boat \u2013 which has become a pot for the vegetation of the Delta: When evening falls here, you have a frog concert. One more talented than the other! If you&#8217;re nervous, take some earplugs with you. If you&#8217;re not the nervous type, the concert may be the best sleeping pill. Well, that&#8217;s if mosquitoes won&#8217;t kill you!!! If there&#8217;s something I don&#8217;t like in the Delta, the mosquitoes are that &#8220;something&#8221;. You&#8217;d think that you are protected at night by nets placed in windows, by pills or sprays, but what do you know, you are bitten during the day, and you feel like scratching with a hayfork! That is it, get ready and go home! We went to the fishery, we packed fish and caviar, we picked shells from the seashore (I would have taken some sand buckets too J), we threw away the Autan sprays finished in record time and we left. The car was waiting for us in the parking lot at Murighiol. And, what do you know, the car broke on the road when we least expected, in a village from Tulcea\u2026 For a moment, I thought I would go home with Uncle Costel and his vehicle: \u201cCome on, Cristina, let&#8217;s go!\u201d \u2013 I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,729,731,713,737,717,719,736,718,714,715,716,730,732,735,733],"class_list":["post-3397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calatorii","tag-calatorii","tag-danube-delta","tag-delta-canals","tag-delta-dunarii","tag-delta-fauna","tag-fauna-deltei","tag-imagini-din-delta-dunarii","tag-life-in-the-danube-delta","tag-pasari-din-delta-dunarii","tag-plimbare-pe-canale","tag-sfantu-gheorghe","tag-sfantu-gheorghe-tulcea","tag-sfantu-gheorghe-village","tag-unde-intra-dunarea-in-mare","tag-viata-in-delta-dunarii","tag-where-danube-enter-the-sea","main-post"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.12.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ro","en"],"languages":{"ro":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3486,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions\/3486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}