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We arrived in romania 2 days ago and are greatly enjoying our time with Terrisa's friend Anna and her family, who have been kind enough to act as our tour guides and have us as house guests. they have been hospitality itself, stuffing us full of amazing home cooked romanian food and touring us around the countryside. so much has happened, and i will eventually blog, but it is difficult to find internet access here in Ludus (it's not even on my map), so that will probably have to wait until Belgrade, which we will hopefully arrive at by the weekend.

We have decided not to travel to Istambul, as time and money are both more of a factor than we thought they would be- and whoever said eastern europe was cheaper than western was mistaken. here in the small towns of romania, yes we are keeping to our budget, but not so elsewhere, at least so far. we shall see...

in the meantime, i hope all is well.

natalie