Even though we had a terrible experience on the train we did get to see some beautiful fields and fields of sunflowers! Extremely picterques! We arrived at our hostel where we had a private room but there were three bunk beds in this room. We headed to eat, as we walked the streets of Brasov we found a different side to Romania than Isisishjdshfkjhkfjd. The buildings were much nicer,the streets were better kept and we felt safe here.
We were able to schedule through our hostel for a driver/ guide/ guy who owned the hostel ( garbiel) to drive us to Peles Castle on the way we stopped at a Church and instead of paying admission you just donate to the church and along with that gaberiel got us candles, after looking at the church he showed us where they light candles outside where they have these two places where you could place candles. 
One was for the living and the other marked mort was for the dead so we lit one for grandpa. We than walked up to the castle. It was gorgeous. It cost 40 leis to take pictures which is more than the ticket so we dont have any. Our tour had a bunch of Germans so after our tour guide said in English about the rooms than one of their friends would repet it in German, it made the tour extra long but we still enjoined it. After wards we enjoined looking at the garden and we even meet some Mormon Canadians backpacking there.
We than drove to Brans Castle( inspired for Dracula). We got there thinking that it would be bigger and better than Peales castle but to tell you the truth it was our least favorite castle, it was pretty small, the stairways were very clostriphbic and even the doorways were small.
We than got to shop around at ate a snack there, we had this odd Suggested dish, it was a scone with cream cheese, grated cheese and garlic... Very interesting. That we got this twisty bread thing with a whole in the middle. We stopped at Rasnov, Where we got to go inside. If you look at the pictures to the top left and right if you look closely you might see some recognizable solders ! Lol 
We meet up with the girls for dinner and saw a short show where some men in uniform came out and played the trumpet it was fun. When we ordered dinner one of the girls ordered a salad and once again we witnesses how different salads are in Europe than in in US. Her salad consisted of onions, spices and tomatoes with some salad dressing on it, it looked more like salsa to be honest.
Our last day we decided to hike to the Romanian equivalence of the Hollywood sigh, A giant Brasvo. We walked and than took a tranm. We got some gorgeous views of the city and was quiete and experience.
The last of our time in romania was in the capital city of Bucarest, after spending about two hours I was able to find a church and a way there. So after walking, subway, a bus and some more walking in rain we were able to find the ward there. They had ear pieces so that we could listen to it in English and than we went for the second block with the older missionary couples and the American embassy members for Sunday school. Then through the rain we walked to the second largest building in Europe . My pictures got messed up so I found some from the Internet. It was immense! We went on a tour and only saw 13% of the total building.
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