May 20 - A Sense of Place

We met up with a Tour guide and went to an overwhelming amount of places.

St. Michael's Cathedral

Town square

Oldest church

House of Matias

Matias Rex statue

Communist remembrance stones

Cluj-napoca 100 year bazaar

Education building (University?)

Two children suckling a she wolf

Yellow church

Orthodox cathedral and Opera/Theater

Sneak peak of the last remaining portion of the ancient city wall

Communist Theater and University library across the street

Botanical gardens

Sun dial (no daylight savings adjustment)

Water Lily orchid only has a life span of 24 hours and we were able to view one.

Roman tombs

I found a waterfall that gave me that same feeling of serenity I had found a handful of times in Ireland. I took a moment to be mindful of the experience and time appeared to stop at the waterfall. I told myself I was going to take five minutes and only after checking my watch for a third time did I realize a piece of my watch had fallen out of place and jammed the second hand. I looked at my phone and I was a few minutes late to meet up with the group... Whoops!

Museum of (archaeology?) With all the old buildings moved there

The engineering was just amazing how far ahead of their time they were -- utilizing water, wood, and ingenuity!

At this point we parted ways with our guide.

I took a Taxi to the airport with a couple of students to retrieve our luggage. My luggage was on the next incoming flight 45 minutes out, we just hung out at the airport. Then headed back to the hotel to drop off our luggage.

Then home to the hotel to sleep.