Animals in Romania One Year Time Lapse

Today's post is the adorable animals that I was able to see during my last two visits to Romania. Some of them were fur friends who I had met during my Peace Corps service, others were new friends made :)

 

Here are pics from my trip in August 2013, which was basically a reunion after not seeing them for two years since my Peace Corps service ended.

 

These are pics at my friend's house of her cats...you can see why she and I became sisters.

 

Little Bufii (Boofy) Which means the owl.

Ritza, Bufii, and Stufii out on the patio.

Little Lisette

Stufii

The Sack

Bughoiu

Little Miel (the lamb!)

Zgriptii!!! The Witch

Kitty Kuddles

Sooo adorbs

Capra! (The Goat)

She's so adorable, she lives behind my block building

My friend with Capra

Goddammit I love this dog

Brownie

Kitty on the car :)

 

 

When I came out in September 2014, I got to see so  many cute animals.

 

I went to a friend's house and got pleasantly surprised when I got to her house.

Getting into the carutza (horse cart) like a lady

Driving that carutza like a boss!

She even had goats!!!

The cutest little goat ever

And of course my friend says "You should milk the goat!!"

Me doing my signature belly laugh

She gave us home made wine!!

 

And home made goat cheese!!! SOOOOOFA KING DELICIOUS!

 

And these are her puppies, Kiki and Daisy

Capra and a new friend

Such cute puppies behind the block

And kitties!

Because my friend's dad was getting ready to give them breakfast

Nom nom nom

 

So many cute puppies 

Little Lisette laying adorably

 

Zgriptii again!

I LOVE her!

Me and my friend's mom with the cozonac she made (tradition Romanian sweet bread with walnut filling)

Me and my friend's dad with Miel! Look at how cute that little face is!

And my little Romanian cat Georgiana back home in the states getting super excited about the cozonac from my friend's mom

Mom opening it up and giving it to her

Nom nom nom

 

 



 

New places in Romania One Year Time Lapse

My past two trips back to Romania, I was able to go to places that I had actually never been before even though I had lived there for three years.

During my August 2013 trip I went to the one place that should have been my first stop when I actually lived in Romania...Bran castle, the inspiration behind Dracula.

 

Here's the castle itself

Hanging out outside the base

The courtyard inside the castle

The roof

Vlad Tepes (the guy who inspired Dracula) and his family tree.

Iconography

Me with a soba!!!

Another soba, which is a room heater that uses firewood.

The Romanian crest

The Iron Maiden!! They actually had a torture instrument exhibit, but I was unable to convince any of my friends to go with me :(

Never want to sit in that chair, ever

Me with my friend's cousin

These are actually the scales like the ones they used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail to see if the woman weighed as much as a duck to prove that she was a witch. I'm yelling "But I'm not a witch!" in this pic ;)

Romulus and Remus and the Romanian flag :)

Hollywood sign...you have met your Romanian match

 

Beautiful sky

Such adorable streets in Brasov...which is in Transylvania

The patios are so much fun to have lunch at

Me in the middle of the town center

The black church (I had actually been here and to Brasov before, but they're right next to Bran castle so I we had to stop by here)

A memorial for the Romanian Revolution

The architecture in Transylvania is gorgeous

Peacock flower arrangement

Gorgeous statue

And of course, on the way home, we had to stop to pick up my favorite sweet, Kurtos Kallacs!!!

I don't know how to describe it, kind of like a huge rotisserie cooked pretzel that's sweet.

My friend's bag is AWESOME!

Sooo delish!

And then at home (Târgu Ocna) I had my other fav sweet waiting for me

Alba ca zapada (snow white) it's delish, white chocolate cream filled pastry with chocolate and white chocolate drizzle.

Then in September 2014 I was able to visit Ceahlau (pronounced "chea-lau"). It's one of the most sacred mountains in Romania. It's where the Dacians would climb up to perform rituals. Here are pics from the road trip with my friends.