Day two consists of gypsies, markets, churches, and more.
This morning we explored the city and stopped to buy coveric (soft pretzel) and Betty Ice (ice cream) on the street. After we bought our ice cream (which I ordered in Romanian) this adorable little boy walked up to us and started speaking in Romanian to us. So cute! But then his mother (gyspy) starts to ask for money and food, etc... etc. I felt awful and wanted to give money or buy them food but I knew that would not help and we're not allowed to. So we walked away and they just followed us for the longest time. Oh the gypsies.... We visited several different Orthodox churches and they were all beautiful and so intricate. In the biggest church we went to today, we stood in line to kiss the hand of St. Paraskeva (for more information: http://www.romanianmonasteries.org/ro/romania/sfanta-parascheva). Supposedly, it is her real hand that we kissed, which definitely creeped me out, but I don't think it is. Then, we made our way to the LDS church building and met the Elders. I was surprised at how great the building is in Iasi! It makes me so excited to meet all of the members on Sunday. Next, we went to the piata (market) where we had to keep a close eye on our money because there are pick-pocketers-a-plenty! That fact stressed me out. I only ended up buying a loaf of bread which was only 1.20 lei (around $0.30)! We also went to the Moldova Mall later on in the day. Definitely different than an American mall... Everywhere we go the Romanians stare at us. For dinner we made our first meal in the apartment! Leigh, Kelsey, and I made spaghetti and garlic bread. Since we have the smallest stove/oven thing on the planet it is interesting. The spaghetti didn't taste like normal spaghetti and making the garlic bread smoked up the whole apartment. Oops. We will have to practice making food or it might start getting dangerous or something.
P.S. pictures will be coming!
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