Weekend

Saturday, Delphine and I got up early to get her some souvenirs for her to bring back to France. We went to this souvenir shop in the mall and I saw some gorgeous painted plates. I bought three. They were less than $3.00 each. Then we went to the museum gift shop and I found the same plates for less than $2.00. So of course, I bought a tonne more. Eight, in fact. They'll make great Christmas presents.

We also went to a little art store with lots of traditional wooden Romanian crafts. And glassware. I saw the most beautiful vases I have ever seen. Turns out the artist is super famous in Romania (Ion someone or other) and has had exhibits all over the world. He's currently showing his work at a Manhatten gallery. It's very reasonably priced and so beautiful. I saw some small vases which weren't too heavy. I bought three. Hey, it's an investment, right? I wanted some of his larger pieces but it would be completely impossible to bring them back home.

Delphine and I were accosted by some street kids while crossing the street. One girl acted all pitiful. "Give me money, give me money". We shook our heads and she started screaming some insult to us. We don't know what she said but there was no way she'd be getting our money after that!

After Delphine went home to pack, I wandered around the downtown area (not recommended if you're carrying three glass vases and ten terracotta plates). A woman came up to me and asked "blah blah blah alimentary blah bla bla". I thought she was asking directions to the grocery store. I was so proud of myself when I gave her instructions on how to get to Bega. Then she asked me where I was from. "Canada". Then she starts asking "alimentary" again. So I used my "confused tourist" face and walked off. She followed me. She pointed to my purse. I guess she was asking for food, not directions to the grocery store. I gave her 5000 lei and left as fast as I could.

I came home and saw my neighbours sitting on the side of the road (with watermelons!). They gave me two! (I think they give me the tasty yet non-pretty ones, but hey! Free watermelons are free watermelons!). We started talking about music and Horia confessed that he's a huge Pink Floyd fan. I just happened to have The Wall DiVX in my apartment. So I brought my laptop and the movie over and we sat on the curb watching Pink Floyd. And singing along to Comfortably Numb. Unfortunately, I only have Part 2 (why didn't I check this out after I downloaded it?) so I need to find someone with Part 1. Any volunteers? Afterwards, I showed them a few Pixar cartoons. Cartoons are great. No words, just pictures and laughter.