During Easter, I went back home to Suceava, in the northern part of the country. What you need to know is that a lot of food and alcohol are involved during the holidays in Romania.
A few days before Easter starts, we boil eggs and paint them and in the following days we knock or tap the eggs as part of the tradition.
When eggs are painted in the house, usually theyâre red, blue, green, yellow, but some go even further and add all kinds of designs, really decorating them and ending up creating a piece of art.
Iâm explaining this to be able to transition to the next thing, which is the Egg Museum in Vama, Suceava, Romania.
This was the first time I went there, and I was impressed. Iâll leave you with some photos with different styles of egg decorations. You donât get to crack the ones below, these are for display and all handmade.
A few steps away from the Egg Museum, you get to see this nice church that was built sometime in the 2000s. Itâs much more recent compared to some of the churches that you will find in Suceava County.
After that, we took a short trip to CiocÄneČti, a village that is known for its painted houses. Some houses have more colorful and intricate designs; others are much more simple, and others are not painted at all. But most of them have some design on the front, even new ones that got built in the recent years.
From CiocÄneČti, we went a few more kilometers and got to BotoČ. I had never been there, but while I was checking the map, I saw that there is a monastery close to the top of Vf. BotoČ (peak), the weather was good and I was hoping for a nice view. The Peter and Paul monastery can be reached by car or by a quick hike.
