Vama Veche 2006... or I feel LENESh!

For the past 2 months my friends and I have been planning what was supposed to be one of the most relaxing and fun holidays ever. Everything should have been pretty much simple- who? "the gang"; transportation? hitch-hicking; destination? Vama Veche; period? August 18th-undecided; logistics? tents, sunscreen and flip-flops; cash? if possible :o)

As usual things didn't actually go as planned... a lot of people were lost to "daily duties" (Vali with his car problems, Bebe with his new job, Zeno lost the train, Cristi was fed up with so much sun, Eugen is Eugen and the list can go on for ever)... so only a few of us managed to get away and reach Vama Veche. I must admit this was my first true vacation in the last 3 years... never thought it's gonna be like this: relaxing, fun, surprising, amazing... great and great and GREAT!!! Man, I really enjoyed myself to the max...cliMAX :P

After deciding and undeciding upon the type of transportation we should take... Mihai and I were forced to hitch-hike all our way to Constanta (all the trains passing through Brasov were either cancelled or late... like 300 minutes late!)... there was a point where I sincerely wanted to cut Mihai in little pieces so I could put them up for sale.. I was tired, hungry, thirsty and MAN I was sleepy... couldn't sleep the whole night due to the car rides and my brains were really stretched!

Once we got to Vama Veche everything settled... the guys from Sibiu were already there (Julie, Johnny, Titel, Iulia- Titel's sister) and then Georgi, Piotr and Roxi showed up! Jason, our Peace Corps Volunteer was there with some other PCVs... so the picture was great... we created our own camping grown... with a street and "houses"... check the photos :o)


Now, let me tell you about two aspects of this trip- the fun and the not so fun part:

The FUN

* got to meet some really incredible people. Some of the PCVs: Alan aka Mamaligutza, Dylan, Jason, Clint; then in the last 2 days we made friends with some cool French guys (Raph, Cedric, Armel and Charles) and one sweet girl- Dydy; we made friends with the owner of one of the best clubs on the beach- ONX, where you could find the best FRAPPE ever!



* Went to Zdob si Zdub, Vama Veche si Suie Paparude concerts;
* Saw an awesome sunrise;



* Went skinny dipping at night for the first time in my life! (NO more a virgin!!! :P)



* Saw 2 wild dolphins;
* Got to be with Rox again... feeling great, with no resentments :o)



* Went shopping in Mangalia;
* Went to a PVCs party... lots of wine, beer and others... got my first cultural shock in ROMANIA- Americans saying jokes about Romanians... not a pretty sight! :o)
* Hitch-hiked at night from one town to another;



* Practiced my French while a bit boozed up;



* Had fun with my friends and a cute guy;



* Wished on falling starts;



* Danced with the shadows at Stuf Club;



* Volunteered for babysitting a cute black dog;
* Prolonging our stay... from Monday to Wednesday and from Wednesday to Friday... Rox, we absolutely ROCK, girl! "Vinoooo si tuuuu... si tu! si tu! si tuuu!"



* Eating anchovies with fries and looots of garlic while looking out into the sea;
* Liberating apples from the side of the road;



* Building a fire and playing Bozo, Animals, Ming-Mang-Mong;
* Shaorma and beer at the "La Canapele Bar"
* The atmosphere and all... simply PERFECT!




The not so FUN

* One trip to the toilet was 1 leu;
* For a shower you had to pay 3 or 5 lei (the whole time there I only took one shower on the beach... call me stinky but I don't care :o)... my hair was almost like threads);
* I had to have my second interview with Great Britain over the phone... there on the beach... kinda cool... but people looked at me quite strange... I was talking outloud in English... about SNs, TNs, ICX and OGX...hahaha!!
* I got bit by thousands and thousands of ugly looking and mean insects...I was a big "bubu" for 2 days;
* The money went down fast...
* Most of the people left on Wednesday;
* I missed my other friends... wish they were there!

All in all, it was more than GREAT, I have no words to describe it... but I think you can get the point out of these photos! Hope you all get a share of such an incredible get-away at least for some day... for me it made a difference!

Miruna, or Vama Veche 2006 FOREVER! :o)

"Life is like a box of chocolates"... there is an expiration tag attached to it...

I guess all who have seen “Forest Gump” have gotten their mind hooked up to one of the expressions there... as I like to play with what I learn... I started flirting with this idea as well...



Don’t worry I haven’t been in any situation where my life was put at risk lately... it’s nothing like that... it’s maybe just that I got too many hours of unresting peace and some friends of mine were troubled and I with them too...

Life and death... nice concepts when you look at them from an observer’s perspective... one is born, the other fades away... some are close to fading... never really liked to think about death... or about my death or of that of the ones whom I love... I would from time to time flirt with the idea of how my funeral would be like... and who would be shocked, sad or happy about my passing... what would people think about me, my life, my way of being... it makes you wonder how people will see you in the very end... when you cannot corrupt or repair anything by any means.

There is the permanent annoying question about what I would like to do with my life, where I would like to go, see, smell, taste, feel... FEEL... Who am I? Who would I like to be? What is the legacy that I want to leave behind? What is the thing, the experience, the activity that I would like to do before my end so I will not see my life as a complete failure? Can any life be explained/ viewed as a complete failure? Who’s judging? Should we? Should they?

But I believe the ultimate question is: “If I were to expire tomorrow what would be the things that I would like to do last?” Would I be able to choose? Will I be let to choose? It seems that life is what you make it but unfortunately you do not walk alone on this earth so people around you do influence every single day, action, feeling that you have... how cool would it be to be exactly as you plan to be and everyone just enjoy the show?... give you a Grammy and stay satisfied... without questioning, without pointing, without denying...

Man! Too much free time kills my spirit... I got to go eat some chocolates... I guess I will never know what to expect until I start experiencing them all... lucky for me the expiration date is on the back of my box... cannot really choose chocolates from it when you are trying to turn it around and play with “luck” just for the sake of knowing...

Chewing more than I could bargain for, Miruna :o)