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Hunedoara,a place I used to love
Mar. 25th, 2008 09:38 pm Today I was bored again(going to Univ. tends to have that effect on me and it just persists throughout the day)so I thought I'd look at pics on Flickr of totally random stuff like city streets in various countries(I do that often 'cause I'm absolutely fascinated to seeing how random streets and places in Africa look)and a thought popped : how 'bout I look for pictures from the place where my grandparents and all my dads relatives live.This place is a smaller town in Transylvania called Hunedoara .It has a population of under 85.000(I don't know how many exactly)and a big part of it consists of houses so pretty much everything except the center ,where during the communist era they built blocks of flats,looks like a nice,quiet,peaceful village.The town used to be quite rich sometimes when the industry there was at its peak but then ,when they put a stop on it the people lost jobs ,many left,the economy suffered so now it's not so reach anymore .
My grandparents lived(and still live because they are alive)on a street somewhere close to the outskirts,in a very nice area where everyone knew everyone,people have houses with gardens where they grow stuff and everything is quiet .The rest of my grandma's family all lived either on that same street or on the street that came to the left so I absolutely loved going there in the summer holiday for about a month or even 2 and visit my relatives all day long or play with all the kids on the street until late at night.My grandparents have a big yard with a place to grow hens and my grandma's brother has his garden spread all the way from my grandma's yard(which is around the middle of the street) to his house on the other street going through the back of the other houses on our street(yeah,I am crap and explaining stuff).Anyway,it's a pretty big garden which has loads of vegetables,apple trees,plum trees,peach trees,pear trees,etc and also areas where u can just sit and have a picnic(one of those was right at the beginning of the garden from my grandma's yard under a large cherry tree).At the end of our street my grandma's sister lived with her daughter 'cause their house is big enough and I used to just go there at least once a day,climb the fence and take the strategically placed key to their door and visit..
Mostly there I just played with the other kids(most around my age)all day long and when we grew a little we used to go to the nearby hill/woods where we'd picnic or just walk around.Sometimes we'd go to the nearby medieval castle(dating from the XV century) which is a big attraction but we went there to sit by the small river passing by the castle .
Now ,sadly,I've discovered (and not only me) that my grandpa is a selfish man and he kinda' blamed my mom and me for what happened to dad(although it was impossible for it to be our fault)so now I rarely speak to them and therefore I haven't visited in many years.But I still love the place,it was nice and I went there every year at least once since I was 3(until I was about 15) ,it was a great place to spend a good part of my summers,I always liked small towns and villages where everyone knows everyone,the houses are small,the streets are nice and familiar.Also I miss some of my other relatives there,they were fun .
I did find a couple of pictures on Flickr and I'll post them here(credit goes to who made them).One is a view from the castle(of the area in which my grandparents live which,if I'm not mistaken, is around the 2nd church u see in the distance on the left) and the other one is of castle.
My grandparents lived(and still live because they are alive)on a street somewhere close to the outskirts,in a very nice area where everyone knew everyone,people have houses with gardens where they grow stuff and everything is quiet .The rest of my grandma's family all lived either on that same street or on the street that came to the left so I absolutely loved going there in the summer holiday for about a month or even 2 and visit my relatives all day long or play with all the kids on the street until late at night.My grandparents have a big yard with a place to grow hens and my grandma's brother has his garden spread all the way from my grandma's yard(which is around the middle of the street) to his house on the other street going through the back of the other houses on our street(yeah,I am crap and explaining stuff).Anyway,it's a pretty big garden which has loads of vegetables,apple trees,plum trees,peach trees,pear trees,etc and also areas where u can just sit and have a picnic(one of those was right at the beginning of the garden from my grandma's yard under a large cherry tree).At the end of our street my grandma's sister lived with her daughter 'cause their house is big enough and I used to just go there at least once a day,climb the fence and take the strategically placed key to their door and visit..
Mostly there I just played with the other kids(most around my age)all day long and when we grew a little we used to go to the nearby hill/woods where we'd picnic or just walk around.Sometimes we'd go to the nearby medieval castle(dating from the XV century) which is a big attraction but we went there to sit by the small river passing by the castle .
Now ,sadly,I've discovered (and not only me) that my grandpa is a selfish man and he kinda' blamed my mom and me for what happened to dad(although it was impossible for it to be our fault)so now I rarely speak to them and therefore I haven't visited in many years.But I still love the place,it was nice and I went there every year at least once since I was 3(until I was about 15) ,it was a great place to spend a good part of my summers,I always liked small towns and villages where everyone knows everyone,the houses are small,the streets are nice and familiar.Also I miss some of my other relatives there,they were fun .
I did find a couple of pictures on Flickr and I'll post them here(credit goes to who made them).One is a view from the castle(of the area in which my grandparents live which,if I'm not mistaken, is around the 2nd church u see in the distance on the left) and the other one is of castle.