Now you're probably wondering why I used that Rocky Horror song reference as the title...and no, I'm not intoxicated. It has to do with our little weekend getaway to medieval Sighisoara. We splurged and decided to ditch Porolissum and come stay at a nice hotel at the top of the medieval citadel. On a side note: we met some more than friendly Romanian boys(not very attractive sadly)... and we exchanged e-mails and such. One guy named "Raoul" gave us some tuica on the train. I wasn't going to have any till Dara revealed that my "tuica face" is quite hillarious and he insisted that I try some.It was waaay strong and both Dara and Raoul had a giggle from my tuica misery.
ANYWAYS It's the most authentically medieval city I have ever seen. Our building is a historic site, narrow streets and cobblestone roads,banners hanging from the rooftops...the whole shebang. Anyways, it's pretty awesome. Its our dear amigo Vlad's birthplace...so Dracula images abound. We ate lunch at the cheeseball "casa dracula" complete with some old guy in Dracula getup.The greatest part of this city are the small museums showcasing the city's vast history from the bronze age, to the German occupation...and so forth. There was also a vast collection of incredibly well preserved medieval arms and a small torture museum.
Back at Porolissum it continued to be hot as hell...and I finally got moved trenches. I went from "cleaning rocks" to "defining a wall"...which is archaeological talk for "cleaning more rocks but we think theres something there". C'est la vie I guess. The team leaves on Friday..time has past really fast it seems.
We have a busy week of work and partying coming up and we have to start planning the end of our stay here in scenic Romania.
Here are a few random things I felt should be said in point form:
-I finally had some lemon Fanta. I am in heaven.
-Eric wants to set me up with a guy named Sean...not happening
-I think I might have overdone it and am kind of"gasp" getting sick of mici
-I ate too many gogosi the other day and felt sick all night
-I love saying" Da" instead of "yes"..it's much more fun.
-We had a big spider in our bedroom and a boy used my trowel from Home Depot and now it's full of spider guts
-I hate polenta. I keep trying to like it, but I just can't...its that gross.
I'm sorry if this blog entry was boring...I'm sure I'm missing things..but anywhoo thats all for now...I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE reading COMMENTS...because COMMENTS are so wonderfull and its nice hearing from back home where you have internet and time to COMMENT :P
Much love from the land of vampires and moonshine!
Val
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Vlad the impaller was one sadistic nutbar....not much for negotiation or conflict resolution...and forget simply saying your sorry:)Glad you are enjoying some exploration...interesting places to say the least. Hope the last weeks of the dig will be exciting for you and Dara...what about the work classifying objects found? Are you doing much of that?
ReplyDeleteI miss you Valerie....be safe.
Love Dad xxxoooo
Oh Val, your blogs are never boring. In fact, they are quite entertaining. And what would be an even more entertaining is if you went out with this Sean guy and reported back to us. I think that would make for a very funny story lol. I have a funny guy story of my own from last night's club outing, so I'll tell you all about it when you get back. Just know that guys are creeps lol.
ReplyDeleteAnd ease up on the mici. It would be unfortunate if you never wanted to eat any again. Hope you find some cool stuff in you last days of digging.
Hugs and kisses,
Chucky xoxo