Horse and Cart

When our guidebook mentioned that horse and cart is still the most popular mode of transport in Romania we didn't really pay it much attention. True in Suceava we saw one or two which was a novelty but we didn't really think they were that common.
That was before we hit Gura Humorului (say it!!!). Don't get us wrong, this is no little village, they have a Best Western, all the mod cons and quite a large population. So it was quite a shock when every second vehicle was a horse and cart, they're registered too.
When we visited even smaller villages the old horse and cart outnumbered cars about 20 to 1. This all provides a dreamlike quality to the landscape we have been seeing in these rural areas, haystack upon haystack, people walking around with scythes, cowbells dinging. Just like stepping back in time.