ThomasG85
In a weekend I went to visit the Danube shore. One of my friends from an NGO participated to an event organized in Capdiava by an association interested in culture, history and living close to nature and he was delighted by the beautiful scenery and the rich history of the places. So, from Bucharest I arrived at Cernavodă and then went via Seimeni to Capidava. The fortress still guards the Danube after 2000 years. At Capidava, in Danais, the camp of the association I mentioned before, I ate the best fish borsch in my life. There the volunteers told me about the history of the place, taking me from the Dacian king Dapyx, who once ruled the place, to the emperor Trajan who ordered the roman castellum, still visible, to be built. And even to Saint George, which first representation in the world was discovered in the Capidava Fortress. In the end, I was lucky enough to see the presentation of a Roman legionary equipment and of the battle techniques of the Romans. I need to mention the boat trip with the local fishermen which revealed to me the rich flora and of the place. After lunch, Topalu was my next destination. I could not get out of a shocking art museum. Located in a village almost unavailable on the map, it hosts over 220 original works of art belonging to the most important Romanian artists of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Just a few names… Theodor Aman, Nicolae Tonitza, Corneliu Baba, Nicolae Grigorescu… Then I went to Harsova, were I visited the ancient Carsium Fortress, the neolitihic settlement (7000 years old) and the museum. In the museum you can admire 7,000 years old masterpieces of Gumelnita culture, Dacian artifacts and Roman traces too. I recommend this voyage to the ones who want to spend a day on the Danube shore, the shore of an ancient civilization, a rich place in traditions and a beautiful scenery.Thomas Ghysels