Archive for March, 2008
Transylvanian Civilization - The tile trade. Civilizatia transilvana - Mestesugul cahlelor
Sunday, March 16th, 2008There is an excellent permanent exhibition of Transylvanian ceramic heater tiles in Piaţa Huet (Sibiu) which, if closed, can be accessed by asking for help at the Astra Museum at nr.11 Piaţa Mica.
Here are some pictures of the museum’s exhibits which includes this tiled fully reconstructed sobă from Chişmed, Harghita County, built in the second half of the […]
Domnul Căpăţînă - a carpenter extraordinaire!
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Here you can see Domnul Căpăţînă, our incredibly gifted carpenter, who has been making our doors, windows and carved oak staircase. This is him in his workshop in Gura Râului. He has a rather special customer in Viscri…
Biertan is nearly finished
Sunday, March 16th, 2008A long-awaited visit to our house in Biertan in March 2008!
The best written renovation plans still need occasional tweaking and updating so, on March 8th, we flew back to Transylvania to ensure things were still on track. Laurian, our builder, had a number of questions that needed clearing up. The renovation is moving at a […]