#StreetDeliveryCraiova: Magic in a pandemic. How we learned to be together differently

#StreetDeliveryCraiova: Magic in a pandemic. How we learned to be together differently


Who would have thought, a few months ago, that we would again be able to enjoy events in our city and feel that we take part in activities like we used to?

We think almost no one.

But things happened and they happened well. As proof is, among other things, a festival and its pandemic edition, which took over the city in the last days of summer. We saw happy people, glad to reconnect and rediscover what they liked to do, but in a different form. 

Street Delivery has given back parts of the city to people, as it has been doing for three years now. This time, we were no longer talking about an offering street, closed for a workshop that brings together relaxation spaces, audio and video experiences or sports and unique activities. On the contrary, this third edition, developed under the sign and the urge to find "ReSolutions", challenged people with ideas to propose alternatives for spending free time in the form of solutions in times of pandemic. That means, shortly, what to do when we do not know what to do and when we cannot do it all together, thus respecting social distance.

Adaptable as we know ourselves and as we are, we found, as a community, extraordinary things to do, in different areas and neighborhoods of the city, that got us out of our numbness in the hottest of the days. 

From local designers and their manufactures, to new and rediscovered locations, music, beautifully recited urban stories, film screenings, bike tours, photo and painting exhibitions, smart solutions for the city, but also art that was meant to purify the city, each of them were pieces of a puzzle that built, in total, "Solutions".

Although we all went through difficult times in the last months and even though these marked us financially, physically, mentally or emotionally, it is important to find ourselves, as a community, in the things we like and in which we can channel our positive energies.

Pandemic Street Delivery gave people back the spaces where it took place, assuring us and reminding us, at the same time, that we are part of the same city that we can only build together.

Whether we are talking about a child throwing a toy to a happy running dog, about people that curiously listen and watch what other people say, whether we all join a two-wheel ride in the city or we support the local industry by buying unique products, this means being together. 

There are things that even the pandemic cannot change, and one of them is our need to belong to the place and our need to be together. We have proved this again and we will certainly prove it every time it is needed; that is because we are the happiest when we are together.

Other events have been and will be here, in the heart of Oltenia, as a proof that inventiveness, love for beauty and feelings of the most beautiful still nurture, despite any difficulties and pandemics.

This makes us hospitable, warm, inspired and perhaps happier than others.

And we are always waiting for you, any of you, to live together what we relearn, day after day. 

Photos: discoverdolj.ro, facebook.com/Street-Delivery-Craiova-219120668689019/

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