| | Today we took the day off. We went hiking up very high mountains in search of adventure. Fortunately for us, when castles are the adventure one is seeking, it really isn't too hard to find one over here. I mean, they are pretty big and usually situated up high on a mountain. Honestly, one does not have an excuse for not finding one.
Anyways, I can't remember the name of the first castle we went to. It mostly wasn't there, however. The tram up the mountain was not working, and so ended up hiking up. The trip was beautiful. We were largely in the shade and were surrounded by old moldy-mossy rock formations. I would call it a wall. But yeah it was really cool. At the top we were surprised to find signs saying "warning vipers" or something to that effect. Fortunately I was able to convince some of the team members who didn't know what a viper was, that it was a small harmless bug. :P Did I mention in yesterdays blog that I found a giant beetle? it was as big as my thumb and had these mean looking 1/2" pincers. I so wanted to bring it home with me. To bad I didn't have a glass jar. This was the only time I came close to imitating Janet's love for felines. Speaking of which, Janet happened to find some cats in the second castle we went to.
The second castle was in better condition than the first one. However, it suffered a fire about a hundred years ago. Thus, it was a little empty furniture wise and what not. Anyways, the really funny part was that the drawbridge was constructed with some styrofoam painted to look like a brick. I thought this was pretty hilarious. It's almost like the TLC shows where one family goes to their neighbors house and tries to make it look like a million bucks with $25 or something around that number. Beyond the fact that the second castle had some resident cats, it also had 4 tourist traps (shops), luckily I dodged all four. Unfortunately, this will show when my gifts are getting divied out. Sorry fam.
The one cool part about the second castle was the fact that at one time they imprisoned 3 turkish people there . Although this isn't cool in and of itself, the cool part is the story surrounding it. Apparently they were promised freedom after they dug a well 28 meters down by the kind of the place. when they almost had finished he died. His wife made them finish but decided to kill them instead of let them go. One asked to be able to inscribe something before he died. he wrote something to the effect of "you may have water but you have no soul." Then some other romanian translated it to something else harmless. Anyways, I found it funny. Later taters.
Bryan, over and out of here. (the rest of the team too).
so it Luckily the team members we hiked up
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