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Scenery, Citadel and Shenanigans

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Grandeur The Carpathian Mountains do not disappoint.  We have seen them from multiple vantage points throughout this beautiful country and as usual, beautiful even from a distance. Bună Dimineața, Sighișoara!  This was the classic "medium sized" breakfast complete with fruits, vegetables, bread, jam, meat, cheese, eggplant salad and an egg, oh and yes, the juice is apple and yes, its green. Sighsoara, starting with the mid 12th century, German craftsman and merchants known as the Transylvania Saxons were invited to Transylvania by the then King of Hungary, Geza II, to settle and defend the frontier of his realm and improve the region's economy.  Central Sighisoara has been preserved in an exemplary way the features of a small medieval fortified town.  It has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and each year; a medieval festival takes place in the old citadel in July.  In Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe, Sighișoara is one of the few fortified to...
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Travel, Trains and Traditions

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Testimony We couldn't be happier for Ana Maria and Elisa.  They chose to be baptized and have become wonderful friends.  Elisa is now our second young women in our branch.  Surori Spencer and Baker and Vârstnicii Roberts and Anderson made it happen. We weren't able to attend in person, but we still felt their spirits as they shared testimony's.  As we left the YSA conference in Sibiu we were faced with a travel dilemma.  We could make the 7-hour return trip to Iasi for two days and then turn around and travel 7-hours in a similar direction to Baia Mare for our Senior Missionary conference or we could spend our P-Day plus a couple of days and make our way to the conference.  We decided on the latter and stayed on the west side of the country.  The following are some of the sights we experienced in this beautiful and diverse country of Romania. Timisoara, with its heavy influence of Serbians, Hungarians, Germans and Romanians the city is amazing and dive...
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