Wine Festival

This weekend is the Wine Festival, held in downtown Targu-Mures.  While running errands yesterday morning, I noticed a pig on the skewer and vendors setting up - looked like it would be a big event.  So, Dennis and I head downtown this afternoon to check out all the excitement.  Decided to park a little ways away and walk (traffic is usually horrible around downtown).

The first thing we saw was the music venue.  Huge stage, with lots of speakers.....but no one playing.  Guess the live entertainment was later.  When we got to the downtown area, we crossed the street into the center section and began to wander through the area.  There were quite a few vendors who would love for you to try their wine......some were manufactured through a company, many were home made.  There were a great number who were bottled in recycled 2 liter soft drink containers, or any other plastic bottle that could be found.  Dennis asked if I wanted to sample any, and my answer was no (I don't care for wine - unless you call Welch's grape juice wine, then I'm all in!!!).

 There were a few vendors selling their wares.  We watched one man whittle and carve wooden spoons; another was blowing glass.  We saw several booths with Romanian/Hungarian wear.  There were a couple of booths selling fruit.  One man had honey, honey products, and pollen for sale.  Flowers were available if that's what you were looking for.  You could find "sweets" (which are really not sweet at all) made of chocolate, cheeses in all shapes and color, food of various kinds.

Overall, I was disappointed.  Guess it would have been better if wine tasting was actually on my "to-do" list.

As we walked back towards the car, we stopped by the music venue.......still no live music.  We did, however, see a couple of live people setting up a keyboard......no more.  Guess we hit the party too early in the day.  I'm betting that by 7p tonight, the party will be in full swing, and the wine will be flowing freely.  Hopefully, the Pumpkin Festival is coming soon.........that I'll probably participate in.