A'counting

Vun Transylvanian
Two Transylvanians!
Three Transylvanians!
Mua ha ha ha ha!
- The Count, on his trip to Transylvania.

I am writing from an internet cafe in the basement of an international school just a hundred yards from the traditional birthplace of Count Dracul, aka Dracula. I had garlic for lunch, so don't get worried.

Things have been pretty crazy here. Yesterday was Alan Mackey's birthday, so we went out to a club in Sibiu. There I heard the "Numa Numa" song played in complete earnesty. I danced like the guy in that video and laughed. I left at about 1 AM but some of the hardest partyers among us stayed until 3:30.

The roads in Romania are sometimes a little rough and winding, so I've been feeling a bit of motion sickness. This was cured by a trek up to the cafe that is above me right now and serves the most amazing pie and sandwiches. I had a sandwich with this sort of pepper and eggplant stuff that I can't for the life of me pronounce but that was some of the most delicious vegetable matter I have eaten in weeks.

It is not easy to do laundry here, as the clothes do not readily dry, but I am getting by.

-PS

Explaining the Photos

These were all taken on the Flinn Scholars' eastern European trip in the summer of 2007. The Mayo in a tube stood out as an unusual feature of the local fare, and the picture of me was from a park with a really cool statue of Frans List (sp?) playing the piano. His hair is up and out at wild angles and it conveys a great deal of passion. Budapest was a very cool city. I can't do it justice in the limited time I have to write here, so look forward to a post in about 2 weeks. This week (next few days) is in Romania, which is a whole different ballgame. The pristine landscape still bears fresh scars of communism, even though it was ended almost 18 years ago.

Ciao for now

More from Hungary and Romania

Just a hodgepodge of pictures. Stories may or may not follow in the future.









I am having a good time in Hungary and Romania. The program that is set for the trip is fairly structured, but fortunately there are some times I have free to use the internet so that I can send these sort of things to the world, or at least whoever reads this thing.

Ciao!

Budapest

I know it's been a while, but I had to write.

I am in Budapest with the Flinns, and you would not believe what I found for lunch yesterday:



I've also gotten back into wire...



OOps.. got to go for now. :)