I've been back from Romania for about a week now, and I have to say I had an absolutely spectacular time. I have always felt connected to Romania because of the heritage I have there, and now I feel like I have life-long friends there as well.
You can see the video we made of Mount Postavarul, where we stayed - near Dracula's castle. That was breathtaking. After that I continued on to Cluj-Napoca where I met with my friend Delia. She and her boyfriend treated me to dinner at a great place on a swan lake! It was awesome. Then I headed down to Timisoara where I met the son (Nitza) of the family I stayed with last year when I was in Romania. He showed me around and introduced me to several friends. We all stayed up until 4 in the morning laughing, (which was a trend that continued the rest of the time I was in Romania). The next day Nitza and I boarded the train to Arad, where we met up with my friend Cornelia, and then we headed to the small village of Pancota where I stayed for another 4 or 5 days. Mrs. Ionita is a cheese-maker and they have about 18 cows. I didn't get to milk the cows because that is done electronically, but I did get to help sell the milk! While there, we played games, cooked, hiked, went fishing, played pingpong and soccer (and both Nitza and I got goals)! I also went with them to a wedding in the middle of a thunder and lightning storm! It was an amazing time... I can't say I slept enough because we stayed up so late every night laughing and telling stories, but it was definitely worth it. I'll be back there soon, I just know it!
