I spent most of today touring the city. And wow. I mean I’d spent some time in Bucharest yesterday, but today I had a guide who showed me some of the churches, many of the sights, took me to the Village Museum (get this, they actually moved “traditional” houses from each area of the country, so that part of their heritage would never be lost!) and all kinds of other things.

Along with more traditional food (stuffed cabages, amongst other things), today was a lot of fun. I saw even more fantastic Romanian architecture, and every now and again I’m able to catch snippets of folk talking. I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to grasp much more than that by the time I go, but this certainly is an amazing country, and it’s a real honor to be here.

I’m going to pop some sleeping pills tonight, as tomorrow’s the big day. 5-6 hours of speaking plus 3-5 hours of interviews. Hopefully the interviews will be sitting down ;-)