And so it begins... in Romania!

So without further ado, let's begin our journey! With a short stop in Brazil for Brazilian Chicken with Coconut Milk (yummy!!), we headed straight for Romania.

Week 1: Romania

Dinner:    Ardei Umpluti de Post and Salata Vitamina
Dessert:  Walnut Crescents

So the dinner is what we know as Stuffed Bell Peppers with Vegetarian Stuffing... and it was delicious!

The stuffing for the peppers.

The finished meal.

I need to learn how to photograph food better. Let me assure you, the time and effort was completely worth it. The walnut crescents were so addicting, just sweet enough without being too sweet or too rich. And the whole dinner was a hit with the oldest! The boys not so much. The middle little liked the rice stuffing and the littlest liked the salad.

Interesting Facts:
- 22.303,552 people live in Romania
- The size of Romania is 91,699 sq. mi., which is slightly smaller than Oregon.
- Romania's currency is the Leu.
- Hora is a ring dance of Romania
- The Romanian flag was flown briefly with a hole in the middle because the communist crest was cut out.
- Romania has a representative democracy like the US.
- Romania has a moderate climate.
- Romania is 5 hours ahead of the US.
- Romanians speak Romanian, Hungarian, and German.
- Bucharest is the capital of Romania.
- Transylvania is the largest province in Romania.
- Piatra Craiului National Park is the home to bears, lynxes, beavers and wolves.
- A professor, Gheorghe Marinescu, in Bucharest, was the first person to see living nervous cells with a microscope.

Looking forward to next week... South Korea.