Heudin, Romaina and Belgrade, Serbia

Wow oh Wow what an adventure we are having. Monday the 11th went arrived in a small village in Romania. Jess stayed there before. Before getting on the train to go there we were approached by a gypsy kid. Jess gave her a piece of candy and wanted something from me. I said no and she was a bother not wanting to leave. She got fed up with me and made bad faces, placed a curse on me, and spit towards us. It is all good though! We left around 12pm and arrived in Heudin around 5. It was an awesome village, so cute and country. Everyone in the village has horse and wagons they rode to and from the fields to bring in hay, etc. In the morning the herdsman would walk through the town picking up each families one or two cows and taking them out to the hill side and at night they would bring them back. It was neat watching because the cows knew exactly who was there owner. The little old women who stand out by their gate and wait for their cow. There was also shepards with sheep on the hillside. We walked there right before we left yesterday to watch them milk the sheep. One of the old men shepards got a little to close for my comfort. It was NOT enjoyable. A little shookend up but okay now. We had good food at this homestay Mrs. Nancy. Traditional meat and rice rolled up in cabbage one night and cucumber salad, hungarian noodles and mystery meat another night. We seem to be eating a lot of myster meat. We had an extremely long night last night. We left the village at 850 pm, switched trains at 12am switched trains again at 5am and arrived in Belgrade today around 1 pm. We did gain an hour though. We had very little sleep of course and sharing a 8 person compartment was not that pleasant. Then this morning on our train from 5-1 which crossed the boarder, we just so happend to be in the compartment with a smuggler. Yes! She was smuggling items across the boarder. CRAZY! She was very pushy and demanding but was saw the secert compartments in the train car. We even sneaked a few pictures and video clips of her. It was wild and unimaginable. I went from yesterday at 6pm until today at 3 before being able to go to the bathroom. I was not about to go on the trains. Disgusting. We also went from yesterday at 5 until tonight at 430 with only 5 crackers each to eat. We came in to Belgrade a day early and had a little trouble finding a place to stay. We end up finding a hotel. So we took a nap and then went out to eat some food and look around. So far the city is friendly. We plan on staying here through tomorrow for J's birthday. Hope all is well, we love you and will talk back soon!!!!!