Saturday, March 28, 2015

Romaniaaaaaa

We went to an arena and played soccer on Saturday night at 9pm- 5 vs. 5.  It was a lot of fun, but maybe too much running for a holiday!

After soccer we went to go eat dinner before heading to a party.  I ordered "the spiciest thing on the menu" and paid the price.  I instantly got heart burn and needed a drink- David jumped in to the rescue.  He is "proficient" in Romanian... or so I thought.  He says- go order lapte over there it will help you out.

I go to the counter and point and do my best to order the milk.  She looks confused, but sells me the bottle with a funny look in her eye.  We agreed later that her and her coworker kind of laughed at me.
 That was because it was buttermilk and I immediately went for the strong chug.  I haven't had buttermilk in a while (maybe ever?) and the sour taste and its consistency really caught me off guard- my eyes and face must of lit up because the bros both laughed at my reaction.


Beer pong is international(ly boring).

And then lastly, I slept on the most comfortable and simply designed futon while I was there. I want to build it later.




Okay not last, there are more pictures.

The best part of Romania was the food.  We went to a couple italian restaurants that really rocked my world.  I never knew how good a piece of pizza could be, or how sweet brochette could be.  If I ever make pizza, I'm going to try and recreate the experience- I think the secret is in high-grade salami/sausage.

One of the restaurants, with sliced and painted wine barrel decorations:
The morning after:

Romania was great.  While we were there I binge read wikipedia history of Romania which I found interesting.  The Romanian revolution and end of their dictatorship started just a block from where we slept.  Reading about the revolution was eye opening- I hadn't a big impression of how insane the romanian cult of personality Ceausescu was until this trip. I'd recommend a quick reading refresher if it's been awhile.

Also, fun fact, TImasoara was the second city in the world and first in Europe to have and electric streetlights.

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