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Homemade Gravlax

The Gate of the Kiss, Table of Silence and Endless Column . The Gate of The Kiss, a stone sculpture, made by Romanian Constantin Brâncuși, part of the triptych of the Monumental Ensemble in Târgu Jiu, is carved out of porous stone, extracted from the quarries around it, measuring 6.45 m wide, 5.13 m high and 1.69 m thick, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest monument to the kiss, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Above the village of Mercheasa, belonging to Homorod commune in Braşov county, on the pasture with secular oaks, about 1.7 km east - northeast of the locality is the Oak from Mercheaşa or the Old Carpathian. It has the following GPS coordinates: 25º 21 '49.191 "long E & 46º 03' 59.047" wide N.

The species of the tree is Quercus robur and has the following botanical characteristics:
• age: about 900 years;
• circumference measured at (height) 1.3 m from the ground: 9.3 m;
• The shaft height is 21.3 m and has a nearly complete crown, beautifully rounded;
• up to 3 meters from the ground there are 5 stubs, traces of broken branches during its existence;
• there are no signs of harmful insects.
• At the bottom there are 4 areas with superficially burnt bark, probably traces of fire made by the shepherds taking care of the village cattle.

Still hot

The Danube River is the largest in the European Union, its watershed draining 801,463 square kilometers (309,447 square miles) of land across 19 countries. Where that great river reaches the Black Sea, a remarkable delta has formed—the “Everglades” of Europe. The Danube Delta is home to more than 300 species of bird and 45 species of freshwater fish.

The Danube Delta has been home to human settlements since the end of the Stone Age (the Neolithic Period), and the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines all built trading ports and military outposts along this coast. Today, the border between Romania and Ukraine cuts through the northern part of the delta. The area is a United Nations World Heritage Site, both for its natural and human history, and for the traditional maritime culture that persists in its marshes. All the while, the landscape has been shaped and re-shaped by nature and man.

With gravlax salmon