I’m still vibrating with happy pleasure from our Romania folk dance trip!
Here’s a great dance video from our Farewell Dinner in Bucharest.
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We returned from our Romania tour with many good results.
We visted the Turda Salt Mine. Ed and Elaine had a healing adventure.
See it in the video below.
When is a down experience an up experience?
When you visit the Turda Salt Mine in Romania. The lake at the bottom of the mine, where you can row boats, breath salubrious air, and absorb the mysterious, mystical light.
Dear Vladut,
Thanks for sending the dances. We absolutely loved your workshop! And I’m bringing your dances back to my groups in the USA,
Some questions on names.
1. What do the complete names mean? How would you translate them into English?
2. We learned the second dance name as Alunelul lui Viorel. Should I use that name? Or Alunulel de la Daneti 3 Ori” ? What does it mean?
3. I wrote down Tocul from Dolj to use as the name of the dance. Is this okay? What does “pentru repetitie de 3 ori” mean?
Multsumesc for a great workshop!
Jim
Answers from: From Vladut Simulescu director of dance group Valea Prahovei Asociatia
Dear Jim
1. Boiereasca: You can translate in English like manorial
2. Alunelui lui Viorel de la Daneti – Viorel: Alunelu form Daneti Village (de 3 ori means that it is repeat the same phrase three times.)
3. Tocul – The heel from Goicea Village Dolj county :(pentru repetitie means for repetiton three times the same musical phrase, you can also dance more ore less, like 5 times) but it like a first name and it does not have translation in English it is recommended to use the original name.
Have a nice day!
Dear Travelers,
We just returned from our folk tour of Romania!
Fantastic!
We learned new dances and cheered to performances in Bucharest,
Sibiu, Botiza in Maramures), Gura Humorului in Bucavina. And more.
See the Romania folk dance videos on Jim Gold Youtube channel.
Go to: http://bit.ly/2wtIs7o
Enjoy.
Jim
Jim Gold International Folk Tours
: 2017-18
1. Balkan Splendor
October 15-29, 2017 Led by Jim Gold
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Montenegro
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours/balkan-splendor-2017/
2. Israel
March 11-22, 2018. Led by Jim Gold and Joe FreedmanJerusalem, Masada, Tel Aviv, Galilee, Haifa,
Tiberias, Golan Heights, Safed
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours/israel-march-11-22-2018/
3. Japan
April 15-28, 2018. Led by Richard Schmidt
Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Hamamatsu, Kyoto, Kobe,
Osaka, Takamatsu, Hiroshima, Kakogawa
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours-2018/japan-april-15-27-2018/
4. Norway/Denmark/Sweden
June 12-25, 2018. Led by Lee Otterholt
Oslo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg (Elsinore), Copenhagen
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours/norway-denmark-sweden-2018/
5. Poland
June 11-25, 2018 Led by Richard Schmidt
Krakow, Zakopane, Lodz, Torun, Gdansk, Olsztyn, Warsaw
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours/poland-2018/
6. Balkan 5-Country Adventure!
July 29-August 12. Led by Jim Gold and Lee Otterholt
Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania, and Greece!
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours-2018/balkan-countries-2018/
7. Spain
October, 2018. Led by Jim and Lee Friedman
Malaga, Cadiz, Seville, Cordoba, Jaen, Granada
https://www.jimgold.com/folk-tours/spain-october-12-24-2018/
Jim Gold International Specialty Tours: 2017
Culinary Tour of Bulgaria
Sept 4-15, 2017 Led by George Vishegonov
Sofia, Sandanski, Plovdiv, Kazanluk,
Nessebur, Varna, Veliko Turnovo
http://bit.ly/2kGpSA2http://bit.ly/2kPbQyQ
Wine Tasting Tour of Bulgaria
Sept 15-23, 2017 Led by George Vishegonov
Sofia, Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo
Romanian flag
Our Romania tour starts today! All our travelers are arriving by plane.
Here’s our first day program:
August 6: Sunday: BUCHAREST Arrival in Bucharest. Meet our guide at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Check-in. 19:00 pick up for the welcome dinner with folk show at Hanu’ lui Manuc Restaurant, a traditional one. Overnight in Capital Plaza Hotel 4*/Bucharest – http://www.capitalplaza.ro/lang-en/ (D)
I had a delicious business lunch and with travel agents, Mirela and Ann. Many new Romania tour ideas were floated. We also went over the day-to-day itinerary of our folk dance tour, which starts tomorrow!
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- Our travel agents, Mirela and Anna, anticipating their upcoming gustatory delights
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- Our delicious deserts
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- Happy taste buds. Jim enjoying his future gustatory delights
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- Delicious appetizers
Court of Accounts
It’s my second day in Bucharest.I just had a long, long rest (no wonder its called Bucharest). And I love it!
Did you know that the Israeli hora
comes from Romania?