Breb, Maramures – A Romanian Town Where Time Stands Still

I struck up a conversation with Maria at the gate to her compound and ended up with an invitation to dinner

From the lush green floor of the valley I gazed toward the encircling dusky blue mountains. Puffy white clouds drifted lazily across the sky, allowing the sun to peek through just enough to make the afternoon comfortably warm. A week earlier the village of Breb, Romania, had been sweltering in a heat wave that caused … Read more