We liked our food at Bouchee yesterday so much and their breakfast menu had looked good so we decided, as we knew of nowhere else to go, that we would go there for breakfast this morning. Liesl ended up discovering, after months of refusing to try them, that she absolutely loves croissants and she just …
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May 21, 2016: Moldova
We were up shortly after five this morning to prepare for our arrival in Iasi, Romania, in the province of Moldovia, on the eastern border right against Moldova. It was a great train ride last night and other than our night being too short, most of us were feeling pretty good this morning. We got …
May 20, 2016: Taking the Overnight Train East
Today is the day, we begin the trip east to Moldova and the old USSR late tonight. The plan is that we will leave home in Baita, Mures around eight thirty or nine o’clock this evening. It is one hour up to Beclean. We want to be there plenty early, no need to be rushing …
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May 19, 2016: A Day Without Power
I awoke this morning to the suffocation of the CPAP losing power and taking my air away. I hate waking up that way. So I was quite awake, quite quickly. There was actually no rain today. This was our first sunny day in a long time. So that the power (and Internet) were off was …
May 18, 2016: Liesl’s New Science Class
The Internet was back on when we got up this morning. No sunlight today, it was heavily overcast when we woke up and by eleven it was a light rain and by a quarter after noon it was a downpour and very dark. This is some of the longest running rain that I have ever …