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July 01, 2008
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July 01, 2008
Reflecting back on the vacation so far, I guess there are many highlights. A lot of first time things. Who would have ever dreamed it possible 10 years ago that you could actually travel to some far off country and receive hospitality like the kind I receive each time I come here. The girls are gorgeous. the girls are nice. Unselfish. Pleasant. The sights are amazing, the nails are incredible to see in person. First time things like meeting Christine and Alexander and Melanie. Rekindling friendships with people you've met before like Francoise, Mihaela and Julia. I've seen the finest malls in town, I have eaten some of the best food in Bucharest. And I've seen a castle. What more can one ask for? Well, if you had told me 10 years ago that I'd be sitting in a living room with three unbeleivable knockout gorgeous babes, observing them as they do manicures on themselves and each other, I'd tell you you're crazy. As it turns out, I'm crazy, because whoever dreamed this up 10 years ago, knew something!
We come to the last part of my trip. It's monday. Around 2:00PM Francoise calls me and asks me to go to lunch. She called me a taxi, told the guy where to take me and off I went. I went off to a prt of town I had never seen before. it was way out there. The taxi stops and the guy turns around, and says 20 Lei. I apy him, and he points to the store on the road and says "Pharmacy". OK, I get out of the taxi, he drives off. I am standing there on the sidewalk, alone. I take out my cell phone. Hit recall and it doesn;t work. Hmmm. I try again. Nope. Ok, so here I am, cell phone cannot call Francoise and I am standing on a strange street by myself, in front of a pharmacy. A few seconds later, just before I was about to cry - around the corner come Francoise. Whew - lovely sight, and for more reasons than you can imagine!
Francoise says "come with me". I obey as I usually do. We go inside the pharmacy. It seems she wants to buy a bottle of nail polish remover. I am an innocent bystander as Francoise is talking to the nail biting sales clerk as she discusses nail polish remover. Unfortunately this movie does not have translated captions, so I have no idea what's going on. Francoise goes to the cashier and pays for it.
We leave the store and we head off to a restaurant. I am so full of food from the day before and after having a full breakfast back at the hotel, but what the hell, let's eat again! Well, she was starving. So we get to the restaurant, another great one. I opted for salad again. I also got a few pictures as we sat there and waited for sister Julia to arrive.
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Julia shows up between the rain drops and orders some food. She is looking gorgeous as ever. I am dying on this side of the table here. Two beauties to look at, I'm wishing I had four eyes. Julia finishes her lunch. The girls are discussing the next move I presume. Francoise tells me "we're going to my mother's house". I said No, no I do not want to intrude, I will go back to hotel now". They both look at me, say something in Romanian. We pay the bill. It seems my answer was not the correct one. We're headed to Mom's place. I'm thinking, there is a big brother or two. What will these guys think.What will mom think about this nail fetish thing. Ah Jeez. Getting nervous.
We get to the flat, go up the elevator, and here we are. I enter the room, the girls ask if I want a drink. I said no thanks. promptly they brought me fresh juice. Apparently we're not communicating. I sit down. A minute later, Mom enters the room, says "hello Ed, look at my nails". Ah. The mom looks like a sister. Romanian claws, Romanian hair. I'm gonna die. They turn the TV on.
Then .... it begins .... Francoise grabs the nail polish remover and starts ..... a few seats over, close to me, Julia starts. Filing, polishing, doing I dunno what. I'm dying. Francoise says "Ed, it's ok to take pictures". Gulp. Ok, so I click a few. And I sit down. Francoise says again, "Ed, take some pictures". I obey. Then, mom comes out from the kitchen, brings me an ash tray. I am sitting here, finally feeling very relaxed. The three of them are doing this like it's nothing. I'm not sure you'll find this too many places in the world. Mom and 2 daughters doing their nails, and some foreigner taking picturs of them while drooling and stuttering and stammering.
A few minutes go by. Brother comes home. GULP. What now? He waves, goes down the hall. The girls continue. I grab more pictures.
So this went on for about 3 or 4 hours. We watched TV, all the gitls had their nails filed, painted, etc. Brother Joe came and introduced himself to me, we chatted. He is the guy in Francoise videos that gets tickled and clawed and abused. Lucky guy.
All in all, i can tell you it was a surreal experience. To meet the whole family, and to sit and drink juice, watch TV together, they made me feel so welcome. And i took many pictures in order to share with you today.
Shortly hereafter, I left by taxi, and headed back to the Rin Grand Hotel. The words I write do not fully describe the sights I saw and the feelings i felt. Showing the pictures explains it a little better, but beleive me when I tell you, that seeing it and experiencing it in person, cannot be illustrated in any form here.
I want you to know that I stayed in a world class hotel called the Rin Grand, and after the first night, I changed rooms and got a suite on one of the top floors that was as good as any Las vegas Hotel room I've ever seen. Here are some pictures from my last night there.
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I slept well that night, beleive me. I set my alarm for 2AM, as Mihaela was picking me up at my hotel room at 3AM. I promptly slept through the alarm. At 3AM Mihaela called my hotel room, got me out of bed and on my way. I would have missed my flight without that phone call. Mihaela drove me to the airport in the middle of the night! A great experience driving with her, anytime, but especially in the deep darkest nights.
MY flight left on time, my connection in Frankfurt was the same. I arrived home safe, sound and a better man than when I left.
I wish to thank Alexander, Melanie, Mihaela, Julia, Francoise, Christine, Mom, Joe and Mr. X for making this trip so memorable. Those that did not attend lost out on a wonderful experience. Thank you all!
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