The first night we were in Romania I was dying of thirst so I went to drink a glass of water from sink, not thinking anything of it. My mom wasn't entirely sure if the water was safe , so I looked online and it said dont drink from the river but as long as its not connected to that you should be fine. So I drank it two and a Half glasses full. When we asked the girls they said they use it for cooking and to brush their teeth but other than that they wouldn't suggest it. After that we were just buying water, apa plata translated to "flat water" ,since the also carry carbonated water (after accidently buying it i would suggest you stick with just apa plata). We buy five litters at a time carry it to the hotel and just poured it into the smaller water bottles.
The third night though I started feeling sick and aftersome diarrhea and some throwing up my mom blamed it on the water so I stayed in bed the next day and my mom insisted I stay in the hotel the next but luckily I was feeling better to go on the tour Mario ( the amazing social worker) and Tayo( the wonderful speech pathologist) put together for us. So all 15 of us got in a maxi taxi and set off to see Painted Monstary along with the countryside and other churches. Since a picture is worth a 1000 words here's 10,000+ !
One of the churches we stopped at
Behind me is one cool looking library outside of the church above.
Doorway to the Painted Monastery!
Painted Monasteries which was completed in the past couple years. The paintings are very colorful and vibrant!
Ceiling to the opening of the monastery
To the left of the opening of the monastery
We than hiked this steep walkway to the fortress, the view was worth the climb! On our way up we said hi to this man selling things and he goes " American?" After we said yes he goes " Oklahoma?"
"Oklahoma ?" " Washington?" " Washington ?" And we were like " Idaho" and the man goes " oh Idaho!" . Oklahoma and Washington, how random right? Most people just ask us if we're from New York, California, or Florida so I thought that was impressive he knew some of the other states.
While we were in the castle they were setting up for a wedding in the chapel located in the top of the fortress and the wedding reception on the bottom two levels of the fortress. We got some delicious ice cream sandwiches for about 2 Leis or 60 cents which Who wouldnt love ice cream for 60 cents! Everything on the day trip was extremely cheep ( except for the fact that we had to buy and extra ticket for the whole group so that we could take pictures!) for instance you can get a leather bracelet for 5 leis or 1.60!
View from the top of the fortress
Inside the fortress!
One of our favorite parts was the dungeon, it was super chilly which felt amazing considering how hot it is here.
As a group we tried to decipher what the sign said ,seeing money at the bottom and seeing the word cursa we came up with that it was like the opposite of a wishing well. You threw down money to curse your enemies and that is what everybody thought til Tayo told us it was just a prison. But I like our curse one better!
Braided bread outside the fortress!
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