A trip to Romania - Halloween

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 – 31^st 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 2^nd 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.