I am a bit discouraged, as I just erased a nice blog entry. :( Why doesn't blogger have an undo button?! Oh well, here goes again. I have been in Transilvania for three weeks now. For two weeks I was with a group of Unitarian high school students on a ride from Cluj-Napoca to the Danube Delta on the Black Sea and back. Now that that trip is over I am staying with our (UU Bedford, MA) partner village, Abasfalva. I am being hosted by the minister Aron, and his wife, Edit. I am served homemade and homegrown food and alcohol at every meal (including breakfast). I have seen where my milk comes from (two goats who leave in the morning and come in through the front gate in the evening). I have 910 km to go to Istanbul, according to my scientific tracing of roads on the maps of Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Wish me luck, send me emails of encouragement, food airdrops, snickers bars, yogurt, bagels... I am pretty tired, but I see the end in sight. A few pictures, some with me (for my parents).
Partner Church in Abasfalva, Transilvania, Romania.
That's me in yellow, facing the camera. There is a gorge in the background. I rode there with a group of Serbian riders I met on the road. It was out of the way, but worth it.
View from the ruins of a 13 century castle.
Another view of the castle. This was taken at about 10 am. I was all alone except for the men cutting the grass with scythes far below.
Me in the Carpathians. I'm stylish as usual.
Me with a man who insisted on having his picture taken with me. This is my second time riding a buggy.
Partner Church in Abasfalva, Transilvania, Romania.
That's me in yellow, facing the camera. There is a gorge in the background. I rode there with a group of Serbian riders I met on the road. It was out of the way, but worth it.
View from the ruins of a 13 century castle.
Another view of the castle. This was taken at about 10 am. I was all alone except for the men cutting the grass with scythes far below.
Me in the Carpathians. I'm stylish as usual.
Me with a man who insisted on having his picture taken with me. This is my second time riding a buggy.
These are fabulous, Evan. I had no idea what Romania looks like and now I do. By the way: I'm not your parent and I like to see some photos with you in them, as well as some of the people who are with/meet along the way, so keep those coming!
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