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a spontaneous romanian adventure.

so we started out the day at the YWAM base. the plan was that they needed four of us to help them cook and prepare dinner. but after hanging out there for a little while and realizing that the team we were cooking for was running way behind schedule (they made a wrong turn in hungary... at least it's pretty there!!), they told us that we could leave. and maybe we got a little too excited with the idea that we were out alone and had a few hours to kill (and some extra lei in our pocket thanks to ryan!)

so off to the mall we went! we hung out in starbucks (elli got a donut! NOM!), we went and got gelato, found a full length mirror and took some photos in honor of jessica (she ~~hates~~ loves mirror photos ;). then we headed back to coleen and jeje's house (side note: they had no idea where we were. and they we're kind of freaking out. they might have started thinking that the taxi driver had kidnapped us... sorry coleen!!)

after an awesome time of prayer at the jejeran's, we went out to dinner. just the six of us again. it was delicious!! we had been once before, so we knew we were in for a treat. becca (being a stupid dumb) decided that she wanted to try liver (the photo evidence is below)

thank goodness we had crepes for dessert so becca could get rid of the liver flavor in her mouth!!

we wandered around for a bit afterwards. we found a bunch of divergent books in a store window and freaked out. i mean, we should've expected to see veronica roth's books here in romania, since i'm pretty sure she lived here for a little while (she gave a shout-out to cluj at the end of insurgent! and i was like, "ahhh i'm going there! we're twins!"). eventually, we took taxis home. the evening was wonderful minus the part where natalie and i accidentally left our dad's camera at the restaurant (and according to the waiter, he "did not find the camera immeadiately after we left".... i have my suspicions but what can i do? :( sorry dad)

meet the team.

it would probably be a good idea to introduce you to the five other people that i'm living with for the summer. i know you've seen them in all of my pictures, but now you can know their names too. so here they are in no particular order!

and i love them all very much! i didn't make a picture for me. but you can see what i look like in my about page. and if you don't want to see what i look like, well, that's fine too!
ps. you can find most of these people online here: becca, whitnee, ryan, and jessica.

sister bonding in romania.

somehow, natalie and i were the only ones who ended up going to the YWAM base for their worship and prayer morning on thursday. but it was so nice. nice just to spend time with my sister.

besides the fact that natalie got a little sick (she can't run at all without losing all her electrolytes... so running to get to the house quicker because it was raining was a really bad idea. sorry nat!), we had a reallly good time! after we left the base, we headed to a store that had american foods! we were pretty excited. never has a girl appreciated ranch dressing so much in her life :)

today.

technically these pictures are from a few days ago, but "today" we...

walked under the trees in the park...

wore our hoodies for five minutes while it rained...

ate amazing shawarma again...

ate dinner just as the girls since ryan was at home...

and then took taxis home to the apartment.

it was a good day.

a day in the park.

we've been going out to this park near our apartment. we bought a few toys, some bubbles, face paints, and chalk. we just walk down there and hang out. it's been really nice getting to talk to some of the parents there.

after we left the park, we went back home to the apartment. perfect timing too, because it started to rain really hard that day. natalie finished reading the fault in our stars. we both love that book and i'm glad she read it right after me. because now we can cry together. ahh soo good!

that night i made everyone dinner. chicken breast, mashed potatoes, and veggies. man oh man was it good. the cook in me has come out during this trip! tricia would be proud!

corso cafe & bistro

a few days ago, we went out to eat just as the six of us. it's always so nice when it's just us. it's great with the jejerans as well, but when it's just us six it feels even cozier. like we're one little family out here in romania.

the restaurant we ate at was phenomenal! the decor was super quirky and cute. the drinks were all fun and tasted delicious. and my stuffed pepper with rigatoni was the most amazing thing on earth. everyone loved the sauce on my plate and we all scraped it clean together (haha!) and we got their homemade ice cream for dessert. and that was gone too, in about five seconds. we can't wait to go back here before we leave (which, by the way, feels so soon! this trip is going by so quickly)