Home for Christmas

This week we are not going anywhere.

However, I can’t talk about a specific place where we will find ourselves, because I don’t know where your home is. Everybody’s driving home for Christmas.

Finally, here comes the most beautiful period of the year and the times that everybody enjoy. Christmas is the perfect time for going home and spending quality time with our loved ones. It is the time for our friends, the time of giving, the time of trying new recepies, or cooking the old ones, while listening or singing carols.

My home town is 500 km far from the place I live, which is a lot. The good part when your home is so far away is that you can make the way home more interesting.

The way home is allways full of surprises. So, our first stop was at Busteni. We wanted to go skying but the season wasn’t opened yet. That was the second year that we misschoosed the period for skiing, but  we had an alternative at Azuga which is 7 km away from Busteni.

I didn`t get upset because the winter season has just begun and there is enough time for skiing. Even more,  the souroundings were so nice that I didn’t want to go anywhere else. We played outside on the ski slope, we climbed a hill and we rolled in the snow. We were all alone so we admired the fascinating view in silence.

Another place as those in the fairytales is The Peles Castle. We made another stop at Sinaia. There, we visited the castel and  we built a mini-snowman. Because it was really cold outside we looked for a place to warm up and we went to my favourite restaurant in Sinaia, called: Kuib. I strongly recommend it because the food is delicious and the view it’s incredible.

The next stop on our way home was Brasov, a beautiful city that introduces you perfectly in the Christmas’s atmosphere. In Brasov we walked around the main market called Piata Sfatului, there was a Christmas market full of nice souvenirs and traditional food. Then we did something that I have never done before, we climbed on Tampa mountain. From up there you have an amazing view and furthermore the experience you have on the top of the mountain surrounded by snow is unique. Everything is so white up there that you feel like in a frozen fairytale.

After this long stop we drove home for Christmas. We wanted to stop on our way at Cheile Bicazului, but because the night comes earlyer in the winter season, when we arrived there we couldn’t see big stuff.

Finally, home. Love, joy and peace.

For me and my family the decorating of the Christmas tree is a very important ritual and everyone is present.

Sometimes we get really tired of doing it because we have a lot of nice decorations that must to be placed on the braches of the tree. But we love doing this together. It took me a few years to realize this, but now I can tell that the family time is by far the most important time of all.

Once the Christmas tree is all shiny and beautiful, I feel like we are one step closer to Christmas.

Then there is a concert of carols in the family, movies about Christmas, photos and tasty dishes.

The most wonderful place to be this week is HOME. There the food taste the best, you are fully loved and all you have to do is enjoy all of this.