Adrian writes:
We went to the Jiu river today (28.06.2007), to swim and also to try to find river shells for cooking them back at home. In the pictures you can see us having fun and enjoying the refreshing water of the river, but also collecting shells.
The river bank from where we take the shells is covered with vegetation. In the water there are many sunk trees, so it’s quite difficult for us to search for shells.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 28.06.2007
In this photo dad holds in his hand 2 interesting ceramic artefacts we found on the border of Jiu river, very similar to those we found at Cerat or even Ostrovu Mare.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 28.06.2007
Storks on the Jiu River in winter.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
Unidentified bird on the Jiu in spring.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
Adrian and Alina beside the Jiu in spring.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
This is the Gura Motrului monastery, to the west of Bilta, on the right bank of the Jiu, in a small village, Gura Motrului, county Mehedinti, on a hill.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
Panorama of the Jiu River
Taken from about the same place as the photos of the storks. You can see, on the left part of the photo, far away the town of Filiaşi and to right perhaps you can make out the wooden bridge across the upper Jiu connecting Filiaşi and Bilta.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
A view of the Jiu from the Jiu bridge, looking upstream.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
On the right bank of the river, about 1 km from Bilta.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
Click here to see a virtual reality panorama of the Jiu.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
Three different kinds of shells found in the mud of the Jiu River. All were in the same location.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe
The RSR museum is a strange mixture of a museum, hotel and restaurant, located on the right bank of the Jiu River, just at the southern exit from Craiova.
The owner, Mr Staicu is a very interesting important person in Craiova today, and has many artefacts and mementoes from the Communist era in Romania. RSR stands for Republica Socialistă România and was the formal name of Romania under the Communist rule, which ended with the revolution of December 1989.
The museum holds a lot of communist artefacts and displays, including statues, paintings, even military machines and guns.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 9th February 2008
GPS coordinates of the RSR Museum.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 9th February 2008