9/30/11 Random notes
To date we have visited Budapest, Hungary and Cluj Napoca, Romania. Before we write the full blog, here are the highlights on food and culture:
1. As we were sitting in a traditional Romanian restaurant there was a group of Americans at a table next to us. One of them was louder and semi-obnoxious so we couldn’t help but pay attention to him. Most of the time the group was discussing theology. So this particular person, was louder and tried to impress the rest of the group with his knowledge. At some point, he casually reaches into his plastic bag, gets out a big bottle of ketchup and pours it all over the traditional meal in front of him. It wasn’t any kind of rare or special ketchup. Just an almost empty bottle of Heinz. Ah the culture!
2. Another night we are going out to dinner to a restaurant that was recommended to us. We get to what we think is the right location and can’t find a restaurant name anywhere. So Levka walks in and asks the waitress “Is this Nabokov?” “No this is Bulgakov”, she says with a smile. “Well, my girlfriend said that the restaurant has the name of one of her favorite writers, so I figured Nabokov.”
I got to give it to him, he wasn’t far off. If we accomplish nothing else on the trip, Levka may get a taste of classical literature.
Current Location: Brasov, Romania.