Romania, Iasi, Vadu Moldovei. Activities.

Romania

Romanian territory is a classical geographical example of unity in diversity. The Carpathians, the Danube and the Black Sea are the three elements whose mixture leads to the unity and originality of the Romanian territory called the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic space. If the Carpathians have always been the backbone of the Romanian land and the Danube has connected the Romanians to the sea and the rest of the world, then the Black Sea has always been a crossing place of international traffic offering the Romanians the opportunity to participate in this commercial circuit. 

Iasi

There are towns or cities which have a real vocation for history. Iasi, the former capital of Moldavia, is one of them.

Iasi is the most important political, economic and cultural centre of Moldavia and one of the oldest cities in Romania. Situated in the North-East of Romania, between the Moldavian Plateau and Jijia Plain, on the River Bahlui, it used to be the crossing place of the most important commercial roads that passed through Moldavia coming from Poland, Hungary, Russia and Constantinopole.
    Archaelogical investigations attest the presence of human communities on the present territory of the city and around it as far back as the prehistoric age. But the beginnings of urban life in lasi are to be found in the second half of the 14th century, the name of the city being mentioned for the first time in a document about commercial privilege granted by the Moldavian ruler Alexandru cel Bun to the Polish merchants of Lvov in 1408.
    Major events in the political and cultural history of Moldavia are connected with the name of the city of Iasi. Thus it is here that we can trace the roots of the Romanian national historiography.

Cămârzani, Vadu-Moldovei, Suceava

The settlement Vadu Moldovei is placed on the river Moldova’s Valley, over the road connecting the Northern part of the area, called “Ţara de Sus” to the Southern part – “Ţara de Jos”;

It is a 450 years old settlement and it managed to survive two world wars and to the communist regime.
The small villages of the settlement: Cămârzani, Ciumuleşti, Dumbrăviţa, Ioneasa, Mesteceni, Movileni, Nigoteşti, Vadu Moldovei.
Population: 7,294 inhabitants in 2007

People

In Vadu, times goes sometimes very slow. People are living as they always did, working the land and growing their animals. There are also young people left and this is a good thing for the community. Few changes get here over time... Few expectations for future for old people... strong sense of belonging and pride to be what they are. Not so easy to get them to talk but once they consider you friend, unbelievable stories can emerge from their past experience. Only we could listen more often...