http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Maramures/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Romania , Maramures en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:00 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:00 BST BotizaBotiza is a little village in northern Maramures off a road off a road off the main road. When we got to Botiza we took a side road and found a nice guesthouse where we asked about parking up our van. The said 5 euros to camp in their garden and to use thier bathroom and shower. We had just managed to park the van between the spud patch and the plum tree when our hosts Alexanderso and Lu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Maramures/blog-194088.html Wooden Churches Folk Festival and MassThe drive from Rohia to the Maramures was to take us by a number of traditional wooden chruches that are on the UNESCO world heritage list. Our timing at the first church coincided with Sunday morning mass. As we walked up to the wooden church two old ladies dressed in full traditional costume ushered us in next thing we knew we were sitting in GrecoCatho http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Maramures/blog-194063.html We started our drive for a region called the Maramures. Reading about this area was really what enticed us to visit Romania. Due to its geography the huge mountain range it has been seperated from the rest of Romania. So it really did feel like going back 100 years in time and some of the villages felt untouched by modern times.Our first stop was a Cluj Napoca a large university town with lots http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Maramures/blog-194057.html