In Targu Jiu we visit the ‘Endless Column’ - a sculpture by the famous Brancusi, a Romanian sculptor who spent many years in Paris. It consists of 16-and-a-half repeated elements made of iron and coated with a pale golden surface, rhomboid and chunky, suggestive of a crystal or a massive bead. They stretch up and up into the sky, the most important being the one at the top — the half — because it suggests the meaning of the whole. This is a sculpture of infinity (its title in Romanian is ‘Coloana Infinitului’)
In Scoarta children are waiting to greet us at their school - on a Sunday!
In Balcesti we stop at another village school.
Checking out the topography of Romania. There are some mountains ahead!
Thank you for a hearty lunch!
Running into Horezu in the rain.
We are treated to a tour of the Ceramics in Horezu.
Our dauntless Ukrainian boys!
Running into Raminu Valcea, which is celebrating the day of the City.
We introduce ourselves at the festivities.
