June 9, 2019 Of all the days that I have been in Romania, today was the most chill and relaxing. Thank You God. After getting to sleep in a bit, Patrick, Ashley, and I all headed over to a bakery/café called Alexandra. Since it was nice out, we decided to walk. Patrick and Ashley on... Continue Reading →

June 8, 2019 Pronunciation guide: Szekler – Sek-ler (Hungarian)Szekelyudvarhey – Say-kay-ood-var-hay (Hungarian)Odorheiu – Odor-hue (Romanian) So, as a part of this entire Romania trip, everyone was required to go on a field trip to visit Szekler villages and churches.  It was absolutely amazing! Before I go any further on the churches, though, I need to... Continue Reading →

June 7, 2019 Day three in the field and my partner and I have not found any remains, and we have dug at least 1.5 feet with our trowels.  Apparently, our pit is now too deep, and the wall might become unstable if we try to go deeper, so Zsolt has moved us to a... Continue Reading →

June 6, 2019 Okay, today was the second day of excavating, and it was a bit of a different climate from the first. To start, our announcements began with the fact that we were going to be watching a documentary called Chuck Norris vs. Communism that night at 8:30.  For the past several days, we... Continue Reading →

June 5, 2019 Today was the day that everyone had been waiting for since we got to Romania.  We got to start excavating! Bright and early, everyone was down at 7AM for breakfast.  By 7:30, we were outside to collect our team equipment and waiting for the bus.  It’s supposed to pick us up at... Continue Reading →

June 4, 2019 Today was basically more preparation for tomorrow.  To get us familiar and situated with the bones that we were going to be finding for the next three weeks, we got to clean miscellaneous bones that had been discovered from the previous summers.  We did this for about two hours. While it was... Continue Reading →

June, 3, 2019 After going to bed, I was ready and awake at 7:30 AM.  One of my roommates was up even earlier.  I don’t know how she did it, especially with how tired everyone was.  When going from Budapest to Romania, we also changed time-zones again. Even though we moved ahead by one hour,... Continue Reading →

June 2, 2019 There are long days. And then there are LONG days. My entire day consisted of driving. Twelve. Frickin’. Hours. I started the day bright and early with breakfast at 7 AM.  I tried filing up then because I only had a few snacks to last for the whole trip. At 8 AM,... Continue Reading →