The Best Laid Plans

I promised a better update last weekend, and then didn't follow through. I apologize. My plans for the weekend took an unanticipated twist when I had to make a last-minute trip to Bucharest. We made the decision at 11:30 Saturday morning that I needed to go, and I was on the road by 1 pm. Despite a thick fog blanketing the entire country, the roads were pretty clear, and I was able to arrive in Bucharest around 6:30 pm. I had an extra hour in the evening, so I took a walk through downtown, praying and taking some pictures. What I saw...

KFC - haven't eaten there in a long time!

This is one of the big changes in Romania in the time that I have been here - the country is being taken over by casinos. In 1 kilometer, I passed 4 large casinos. It makes me sad and angry at the same time; sad that people who have so little waste it in such a foolish way, and angry that that their dreams and aspirations for a better life are targeted and taken advantage of by people who already have so much more than they do (I realize that this doesn't remove their own responsibility for the choices they make).

The Intercontinental Hotel at Piata Universitatii. We went to a steak house at the hotel just before Christmas...absolutely fabulous dessert...chocolate cinnamon triangles. Try 'em if you get a chance!

I made it home from Bucharest just in time for choir rehearsal on Sunday evening and then in time to start another crazy week.