Romania – the country of the vampires
Romania – a country full of
mystery and charm. When I hear this name, the first two things that come to my
mind are the Dracula’s castle and the Parliament. Places that I have always
wanted to visit and now I had that chance. We were going to spend a wonderful
and magic Halloween in this fascinating country. I was so excited and I could
not hide it so I started the preparation for this fantastic journey about a
month ago.
Finally, it was the day of
our departure – 31st October. I wake up much earlier and I was so
energized that I decided to prepare breakfast for my classmates and of course
for our teachers. When the cake was ready I took all my luggage which was more
than I needed but I just wanted to be sure that I am going to have everything I need. When I was
ready and went to the car, my dad had already been waiting for fifteen minutes.
He started murmuring but I was so happy that I decided just to smile. When I
arrived at the stadium almost everyone was there and while we were waiting for
the others we discussed our still future trip. Finally, we set off.
Everyone was hungry so
they started asking me for a piece of cake especially Dayan. When everyone
received their piece of cake, the half of it was left and no one wanted any
more although they said that they enjoyed it. Therefore, I got angry and gave
the rest of it to the teachers who really enjoyed it. While traveling we had a
lot of fun together. The candidates for presidents in our school had many
debates and we had a great time without being bored at all. Bucharest – the city I have always wanted to visit was now in
front of me. A city full of sights and history but I was not going to visit it
yet. Now I just had the chance to have a panorama view of it. Nevertheless, it was enough for now. After
seeing some of the most important buildings and monuments in Bucharest,
we had a short break after which we continued our way through the Carpathian
Mountains to another interesting place - Brasov. It was our last stop where we were going to
celebrate Halloween and spend the next two days. When we arrived there it was
almost time to prepare for Halloween and definitely time for dinner but there
were also some problems with the rooms. With Gerry and one of our teachers we
had to move to another hotel. Honestly it was better than the first one but
only we know it. Everyone was so hungry that when we went to the restaurant
most of the people had already eaten their salads. The IB had almost no time
for preparation for the Halloween night because they were responsible for
everything connected with the party and had to get ready for it. Less than an
hour to get ready with costumes, hairstyle, make-up and everything else was not
enough at all but somehow we managed to do it.
Finally the party started.
The mechanic – Gerry, the ninja – Velislav and the boss – Memo were the hosts
of the show ,the doctor – Dayan, the mass killer – Ertan and the devil – me of
course, were the jury and Harry was our DJ. All of the members of our small
group received presents and took part in the games prepared specially for them.
However, unfortunately at the hour of Cinderella, our party finished and
everyone was supposed to go to bed. I hope everyone had a whale of time,
especially the eight graders who were the majority. But for the devil and
mechanic the work hadn’t finished yet.
When we went to our rooms,
we realized that it was already tomorrow and it was a very special day – 1
November - the Day of
the Bulgarian Revival Leaders.
So we decided to prepare a surprise for our teachers who celebrate this day. We
found out information about it and wrote something special for every one of
them. And after finishing this last task of a day full of emotions we fell asleep.
In the morning after having breakfast one of my dreams
was going to come true. We were going to the Dracula’s castle – a place full of
mystery and puzzles. On our way there I had to read the message to the teachers
in front of the whole bus of students. It was very uneasy and I was quavering.
I had never spoken in front of so many people. While reading it my hands were
shaking so much that I decided to stop reading and say what I remember. I hope
the teachers were surprised and liked it. When we arrived in Bran I had already
gotten calm and I was impressed by the view of the castle. Inside it was much
more interesting and fascinating. We took thousands of photos there and after a
careful tour of the castle during which we found out lots of interesting facts,
we went out and bought the most delicious cakes ever.
I had already achieved some of the aims of this trip
but there were more so we went back to Brasov
where we had a lot of free time. Everyone was hungry and went to have lunch. Gerry
and I were hungry too but we decided to buy sandwiches and visit the Church
that was one of the symbols of the city and the two towers at the top of the
hill. However, while we were looking for the way there we got lost and no one we
met spoke English. Finally, after half an hour we found a boy who did. He
showed us a way through the forest where we felt completely lost but after the
grand climbing through the woods, we found the tower. Despite everything the view was worth it. We took many pictures of the fascinating
sights and what is more we visited a small museum, where guns from the wars were
exhibited. After all, we had much more time left so we decided to walk round
the center of the city but it was so windy that finally we decided to visit a galleria full of shops selling many interesting items. We bought some souvenirs
and it was time to get together with the group and go back to the hotel. When
we went out the weather was even worse – different objects were flying in the
air and some of them almost hit some of the teachers. A door had flown away
with the hinges. Everyone was worried but we managed to find our bus very fast
and go back safely.
During dinner, everyone was discussing the day and was
so excited that using the idea of our Bulgarian teacher we decided to organize
a karaoke – dance night for our schoolmates. Almost everyone participated in it
and had a lot of fun. People were singing, dancing, and having a lot of fun
together. No one wanted it to finish but every good thing has its end. Unfortunately, the next day was our last day in
Romania. We set off very early from Brasov and continued to Bucharest. Early in
the morning we didn’t have time for breakfast so they gave everyone of us a
sandwich and an orange. I like eating oranges very much so I took our ninja’s
knife and started peeling oranges on the whole way back to Veliko Turnovo. I
think I had peeled at least twenty oranges so I received a certificate for Miss
Orange from my schoolmates.
We hade a long
break in Bucharest where we visited a shopping centre and not the Parliament.
It made me feel very disappointed because there are plenty of malls everywhere
around the world, which we can visit whenever we want while we cannot always visit
the biggest administrative building after the Pentagon in the USA. I was not able
to make my dream come true and I was really upset. In my opinion, we could have
split into two groups and could have visited both the Parliament and the
shopping centre so everyone would have been happy. Anyway, the leader of the
group didn’t accepted my proposal and we had to lose two hours of our precious
life in hanging out around the shops. The thing I hate most. However, I will
try to get over it.
Finally, after three wonderful days full of adventures
we were on our way back to Bulgaria. When we arrived in our town in the evening
of 2nd November, the car park was full of parents impatiently
waiting for their children. My parents were there too. They took me and on the
way home I never shut up, sharing my impressions from the trip. I am looking
forward to the next trip organized by my school because I am sure it would be
full of fun just like the one I just came back from.
It is almost Christmas and the Christmas spirit is
already everywhere around the town so it was high time to decorate our school.
Together with the eight graders we found the decoration and the artificial Christmas
trees. The trees in our school are not real aren’t real because that way every
year we are saving at least one pine or fir form being cut down. When we
started decorating we distributed the tasks between ourselves. The boys had to
hang some stars from the ceiling while we – the girls had to decorate the
Christmas trees and the reception of the school. Most of the decoration was red
so we decided the biggest tree to be decorated in red and gold while the
surrounding smaller ones we made red only. The rest of the trees we distributed
between the entrance of the school and its auditorium. We decorated the trees
at the entrance in golden and those in the auditorium – in silver and blue. The
reception was covered with purple tull garlands. In my opinion this is the best
decoration that our school has had since I came to study here. What is more,
the decoration brought the Christmas spirit in our school. 
