November 2, 2010

• A Decadent Day with friends

  My roommate started a tradition long ago before I even arrived in Romania to treat herself to a Decadent Day.  Susan, Rachelle and myself decided that Monday would be a great day for such an event.  Rachelle’s birthday was last month and Susan and mine just so happen to be on the same day this month.  This would be our birthday Decadent Day.  So what does one do on a Decadent Day – really anything we want with the focus being on enjoying ourselves and doing things we have never done or always wanted to do or something we would not normally do as well as indulge on things we probably shouldn’t

  So each of us got up in the morning and began to add some color and flare to our kitchen.

   

                     

   

  We then all pitched in to make brunch including pancakes and eggs.  Ate and prayed together then cleaned up and out the door to begin the adventure.  Jumping on the subway we make our way down to Piata Unirii.  Below are some pictures of the sights around that part of the city:

   

                      

   

   

                        

   

  

   

   

   

  We enter into an Orthodox Church where many people are observed participating in various rituals.  One woman is seen crossing herself and kissing an icon.  Another woman and her child approach the Orthodox Priest and kneel down as he places a cloth over their heads and recites a prayer.  Our hearts were broken as we saw such devotion and dedication to religion yet such desperation in lives for fulfillment of something.   Our hope cannot be on ‘religion’ but on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 

   

                       

   

   

                      

   

   

         

   

   

  Normally as I walk through this area it is for the purpose of getting from point A to B.  On this day however, I had such the pleasure to actually take time to view my surroundings.  Below are various pictures throughout the city of Bucharest as we took our journey to explore some parts of this beautiful city I have grown to love.  

   

   

                                           

   

   

   

   

                    

   

   

                   

   

   

                                           

   

   

   

                  

   

   

            

   

   

   

   

   

          

   

   

                 

   

   

   

                           

   

   

       

   

   

           

   

          

   

            

   

   

   

             

   

   

                    

   

            

   

   

          

   

   

   

      

   

   

                         

   

   

            

   

   

      

   

   

                   

   

    

   

   

   

   

       

   

   

   

                  

   

   

                      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

                 

   

   

   

   

   

   

                              

   

   

   

   

   

   

              

   

   

   

               

   

   

   

                         

   

   

   

   

   

   

        

   

   

  And this is how we ended our decadent day – dinner at Indian restaurant then birthday cake and movie.

   

   

   

   

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