Eastern Europe - Set 1

Welcome to Romania - Main Square of Bucharest

The Romanian National Capital Building

Part of downtown Bucharest

Becky was a little bit concerned about the water . . .

This is the reason we came - to get Elder Eyre (and we got him!!!)

Elder Eyre and the returning group of missionaries

(The young lady is their Romanian instructor from the MTC,
she was back in Romania visiting during the time they were leaving)

We spent a fair bit of time touring around Bucharest (we'll have a

block of pics a bit later) . . . But we also got a chance to take a

quick "P-day" trip down to the Black Sea

And the Black Sea really is black in some places

(this dog was white when he first went swimming)

Obviously, we didn't go swimming in it . . .

(Actually the Black Sea was quite beautiful - just don't have a lot of

shots to show you. We did walk in the sand for a few moments, but

mostly just enjoyed the good food and great atmosphere)

(In case you are wondering, the great cuisine you are viewing in the

picture is pig guts)

Jet lag is a bugger, isn't it???

How's this for an interesting downtown power grid?

Visiting some members in Ploesti

(This is Pino and Violetta - Pino is a Romanian author and . . .

although she doesn't publish them, Violetta tells some amazing

stories)

The bus driver is ready . . . This was our transportation around

Romania, a mini tourbus. Later, we'll show you some pics of our

trip to Dracula's castle and across Transilvania

A little roadside stop on our way through the Romanian

mountains to Brasov

Some of the interesting architecture in Romania . . . we'll definitely

have some more pics of this a little later on