Big day in Bucharest! We saw a lot, we learned a lot, we ate a lot. Sounds like a good vacation.
We began the day with a wonderful tour of the Old Town of Bucharest led by a professor from the University. She was a gem — knowledgeable and endearing (and she walked slowly so we could all keep up).
We saw some amazing buildings
And some beautiful churches from the 1600’s that managed to survive communism
And we learned that the Orthodox churches were small so that people would feel close to God, and that the Catholic Churches were big so that God seemed large and you seemed small.
We saw one of the oldest Inns in Europe, a Caravansarai, where the traders on the Silk Road and spice routes would stop with their caravans and animals for the night,
The most fabulous bookshop, 
A couple of cool cats
and a great lunch at a beer garden. All in all a pretty wonderful morning. Oh, and the newly married Coyle’s caught up with us for lunch!
Civilized Cross Many Countries 