An example of why traveling through Europe by train is ideal… You get views of the Romanian countryside like this! This is a small village in Transylvania with the golden domes of an Orthodox church peaking above everything else. In the background weaves a ridge of wheat fields, folding in upon each other.
During our time in Romania we worked with a pastor from Targu Mures, Romania and traveled around to different villages and towns, hitting the streets to talk with people, pray with them, and invite them to a concert in the center of town. Here is a shot of one of the concerts outside a large sports arena in one of the cities.
A view of the valley and village we stayed in for about 10 days up in the gorgeous Carpathian mountains.
Another view of the village with the fields rolling into the distance…. Gorgeous!
Then we were invited to a picnic… which turned out to be an amazing time, and crazy good food! It was basically a scene straight from Anthony Bordain! Good people sitting around eating good food. We even had grilled rabbit – killed fresh from the backyard and grilled up over a charcoal fire… it was incredibly delicious! Also our main contact “Pastor Z” (his name is spelled something like Zhombor) is the man looking right at the camera. He was an amazing man with an incredible vision for his region of Romania.
Here I am, accomplishing a goal I’ve had for the last 5 years… finally done! This is me and my friend Jason hanging out at Dracula’s castle in Bran, Romania. I’ve wanted to visit since I was last in Romania in 2005 and now 5 years later (almost to the day) I arrived! This is actually just a castle that Vlad the Impaler (look him up on Wikipedia) occupied during his reign and the Transylvanian region and such inspired the original Dracula novel. The whole place was just stunning. Also a quick thanks to Jason and Suzanne Thurman who rescued 12 vagrant World Racers in Brasov and turned it unto a wonderful 24 hour Brasov adventure!
Another picture of the complexity and beauty of the Bram Castle.
And I leave you with a beautiful sunset over the mountain tops of the Carpathians.
Romania is a special place for me and I again enjoyed it immensely. I hope we gave back even a portion of the blessings the Transylvanian people bestowed upon us.
