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By ShoeGal612
August 7th 2008

It's Friday...ish

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

Denisa
oops... ONE letter off from the best name ever :)~

Well today is my Friday as I've planned to see Brasov tomorrow. Thaty's where Dracula's Castle is. It's a 3.5 hour train ride if I take the 5am...or a 5 hour train ride if I leave at 10:30. I'll do my best to hop on that 5am short trip. Camp was fun today... not much to report. Some kids are starting to go on holiday so I think the numbers should even out and possibly even decline. The kitchen staff prepared chicken liver for lunch today... I think thats one tradition I'll skip. Ioana and I will be heading off to [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 6th 2008

Jesus Shaved?

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

Painting
=Pictura

Today staerted out with news that a)there would be a prayer service held to commemorate the day when Jesus cleaned his face (or something like that). It wasn't a typical holiday for us back home so I wasn't to sure what the Priest was saying. and b) I would be interviewed by reporters for the local paper. Both very exciting ways to mix things up a bit and keep the body guessing. The kids were funny trying to be quiet through the service. Also, we had a few of the Prison Project kids PLUS more new kids. So it was fun [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 5th 2008

More and More kids!!

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

Romanian Idol!!
No Simon for these kids!

So Tuesday we had another heard of kids join us at camp. It's now growing really fast as the news spreads of juist how much fun camp is. /the children from the prison fellowship joined us and it was very interesting!! They were all of gyspy blood and you could see the differences right away. They all had super dark skin and carried themselved much different than the other kids. Also, they were resistant to authoriry and tried to be the boss for the first while. The girl of the group seemed almost shocked when I asked her what she wanted [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 4th 2008

Week 2. Wow.

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

Go Fish!

Well another day another experience. Camp started out normal but I guess because week one wet so well, life decided to test me a bit. First, we get about 5 more kids. Then, I find out two of them have mental problems/disabilities, one of the kids isn't anywhwere close to as old as the others and the last two think they know everything. Oye. So I managed that and for a good 90 minutes I was the only one looking after 30 kids (two of which needed some extra attention) and the rest of which still aren't excellent at English. Normally [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 3rd 2008

Girls Night Out

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

Coffice Menu

Hallo!! Ioana, her cusin and I went out to the center of town to see a movie and go to a club. When we got into town the movie theater ticket person told us the movie we went there to see was still in Bucharest. So we decided to stroll along the open mall area. After a bit we were all starved so we went to a cafe called "Coffice". I liked that name. It was cool, they served coffee and drinks! So I had a Malibu Berry Colada which tasted like fruit punch. Also, I ordered a cake from Armania [View Full Entry]

By Elena_Alexia
August 3rd 2008

Fortified churches from Transylvania - first mission - Day 2

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Sibiu

First class ride

The next day we were planning to take the bus to Medias, then from there the bus to Biertan and after visiting the village we would have walked 5 km till the next village, Richis... but because the night before we arrived at the hotel after 11 PM, waking up early in the morning wasnt so easy. Actually we've missed the 11 AM bus to Medias only by 5 minutes. So we decided to take the 12:57 train but after I ve done some calculation our time wasnt enough. The train ride was quite interesting, its been a while since I [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 3rd 2008

When in Rome-ania

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

History Museum...
Finally.

I certainly got a taste of life today as I visited the 'villages' or the Romanian suburbs. I started the day out feeling determined to find that history museum from yesterday. I hopped a bus in the morning and started the search. After some time, I finally found what looked to be very familiar from the website. At last I had finally found the building that had plagued me for all of 24 hours. I also realized why I couldn't find the place the day before... on maps... Statue and Street abreviations are one letter off. So I read "St. Constantine [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 2nd 2008

A day on my own

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

Orthodox Cathedral
Built in 1921-33.

Happy Saturday!! Ioana had to go into her other office today for a bit so I hopped a bus to the downtown area and gave myself a tour. It's really interesting what you can do when personal survival is of a concern. I managed to come out unscathed and much more informed so I'd say it was successful. Where to start: I bought my bus pass (in Romanian thank you very much) and waited for the 27 train which was to take me to the History Museum. I didn't see any signs for the 27 but I did see one for [View Full Entry]

By Elena_Alexia
August 2nd 2008

Fortified churches from Transylvania - first mission - Day 1

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Sibiu

Sibiu 2008
Not so crowded as last year but still beautiful!

Perfect timing for a short summer holiday. We had the greatest weather, although the last month it has been raining all over the country. For a long time I was planning to visit the saxons fortified churches. In Transylvania there are a lot of them, some very well preserved and famous, others very close to become ruins. After I've done some research, I printed the maps and tried to establish an itinerary. We had only 4 days to acomplish this mission. As usual things dont go exactly as you plan them. What have we managed so far: Day 1 - Sibiu [View Full Entry]

By ShoeGal612
August 1st 2008

I love the nighlife...

Europe » Romania » Transylvania » Cluj Napoca

To start off, I'm just going to apologize in advance if the next few entries are a bit "blah".. i feel like I've been up forrrrever! Anywhoos, I got my first real taste of how the Romanians do the nightlife. After my nap I awoke in the nick of time to join the brother of one of the workers here to met his colleagues at a local hang-out spot. We met many of his friends and even his boss for drinks and pub-games. It was fun teaching the adults English as they taught me Romanian. Another fun point of the evening [View Full Entry]

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