has occurred. It
began with a light dusting on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday morning brought a heavier amount, which made for some nice
pictures. We even stopped along the way
to the Point of Hope for this short video.
The day did have its drawback, as we were initiated into the
“this is not how you drive in snow” club.
As we were driving home, the car had veered off the edge of the road….no
big deal, until Dennis tried to get back onto the road. When the rear tire hit the edge it put the
car into a fishtail. That wasn’t too bad
until the car decided to go into a sideways slide across the road. All I saw was a tree heading right towards my
door. My thought: Oh crap, we’re gonna wreck the car!! Thank goodness the ditch stopped us! Yep, hit the ditch, but fortunately didn’t
slide far down into it. As we sat there
wondering how we were going to get out of this mess, Dennis put the car in
reverse and we were able to back out. It
was at this moment that traffic began appearing – thank goodness no one was
behind us when we decided to fishtail, as they would have surely hit us. We were also thankful that there was no
oncoming traffic, as I would have met their vehicle face to face. We backed out of the ditch and pulled into a
driveway to wait for a clearing in the traffic.
My heart was pounding!!! Thank
goodness my bladder was empty, otherwise, I might have messed up the inside of
the car. The “funny” part is that we had
gotten our snow tires the day before.
Guess we need to take a lesson or two on how to drive in REAL winter
weather. Just think, that was the 1st
day of a good snowfall………
The rest of the drive home was uneventful for us, but we did
pass another motorist who also found the ditch, as well as an accident in Targu
Mures. Nice to know that we’re not the
only ones who didn’t pass the driving test J At least we can blame ours on living in
Texas, where the amount of snow is barely measurable.
This is a town on the way to Tarnaveni where the train
crosses the road. Here you must stop and
look, as there is no warning device. On
our way Thursday morning, we approached the tracks and noticed this 18
wheeler. See the guy standing over on
the right side of the picture? That’s
the driver of the rig. Bet his heart was
pounding too!!!!
Not everything was bad…………take a look at some of the
pictures! Romania is still a beautiful
country, and we are so blessed to have this opportunity to live and volunteer
here.
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| Across the street from our apartment |
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| This is looking out our kitchen window |
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| Red berries with snow |
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| These trees are so pretty with the berries |
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| Flocked by nature |
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