Only in Romania!

Here is a story:

As many of you know, my family and I live in Bucharest, Romania and things are done very differently here. (you can only believe this if you have lived here or visited and experienced it).
This year we did not have a white Christmas:( and did not get to go sledding:( So, another missionary family, the Klanseks, and us heard about this hill that had been made with fake snow. We did not really know what to expect, but we thought it sounded really cool and so we went there today to check it out. We had heard from another missionary family, who had gone there, that it was a blast!
When we got there, we were shocked by what we saw: a mass of people just standing on the hill, some trying to come down on sleds, some just standing and talking and some helping their kids get down. There was no rhyme or reason, just people doing whatever they wanted to. (which is not that surprising)
We joined the mass of people and tried (very hard) to come down, which was impossible because the snow was like powder and not very slippery at all.
Megan, Heather(her cousin) and I decided that it was pointless to try to go sledding so we decided to walk around and see what else there was to see while Hannah, Andrew, Evan, Erin, Michelle, and Caroline had fun in the snow! it was quite the experience, but we had fun.
After we had stayed there for about an hour, we went back to the Klanseks' house for dinner and games and had lots of fun together:)

The Promised Dolphin Pictures

While we were in Bulgaria, we went to a dolphin show in Varna. The Dolphins were amazing. As I said before, they did so many different kinds of tricks. Here are some pictures to show you what they can do:) ~Enjoy~

Big ball

Small ball

Jump dolphins, jump:)

~Bulgarian Vacation~

Last week, we went to Bulgaria with the Smiths.

We left on Sunday the 15th and returned to Romania on Friday the 20th. The villa where we stayed was in Balchick, which is really close to Varna. It was a very big villa. There were also a lot of things that one could do throughout the day. There was a swimming pool where we spent a lot of time playing together:

While the kids played in the pool, the moms (and sometimes Avisa aka Alyssa) would sit and read their books:)

There was also a basketball hoop:



Cameron Han-han

Andrew

Avisa, Becka and Emily waiting
for more people to come and
play knock out:)

We also had a miniature golf course
in the backyard. It was fun:)

When it would get too hot to
be outside, Andrew and Mr.
Smith would play guitar or
we would watch a movie:

On Monday and Thursday,
we went to the beach and played in the waves:
Emily and Avisa getting My mom and Dad
ready to go swimming

Andrew liked to sit and be Avisa liked to play in the sand:)
pushed by the waves:)

It was really fun to swim in the sea:) We also collected a lot of pretty shells.

On Wednesday, we went into Varna and played put-put golf. We also went and saw ruins of the ancient Roman Baths. They were very cool.

I think that everybody had a fun time playing put-put:)

There were 18 different holes. Some of them were really hard, while others were quite easy.

We had three teams, The parents/Han-han, Andrew and Cameron/ Emily, Avisa and me.

Resting after playing for almost an hour:)

The Roman Bath Ruins:

It was neat to imagine the Romans walking through these baths in their togas 2000 years ago.

We also went to a Dolphinarium in Varna. The dolphins were amazing. They did a lot of tricks like dancing, singing, playing soccer,jumping through hoops, and lots more:) i don't have any of the pictures right now because Mrs. Smith has them. so when i get them, i will post them. Enjoy your summer:)