Week 7

Well here we are at the end of it all, the final week, its all come down to this. This week not only saw the culmination of 2 months of work in the Drama show, but we also climbed Mount Brasov.

So on Sunday we went up Brasov Mountain, and mind we didn’t head up the safe cable car way up, no no no we decided that we would go up the icy snowy mountain pass, Yey! So we slowly clambered our way up there slowly breaking off into two groups, the group who moved quickly up the path and the other less bright group who through, “geez we better catch up to the others...”, “hey why don’t we just go through that snow, and up the rocks”, “... I like it!” One guess which group I fall in. There were also other dangers associated with the climb, being in the forms of ice, heights (yes I know that one was kind of obvious), lions, tigers and Bears ‘Oh My!’ Okay I did lie about Lions and Tigers but Bears is true. Speaking of heights when we managed to get to the Brasov sign I found that not only is it on the sheer edge of a cliff, but it also has a viewing platform which goes out right over this cliff, I majorly fear so that was great. Despite all the hassle the view from up there was beautiful and if you ever go to Brasov I highly recommend seeing it.

On Monday night last week after 2 months of rehearsal, Projects Abroad hosted its 3rd Drama Show in order to raise money for an underfunded mental health hospital just outside of Brasov, while we couldn’t charge for tickets we did leave a large box at the front of the stage which we asked people to leave money in through-out the night. The show consisted of 3 different segments singing, dancing and acting. The singers were trained by one of Romania’s foremost singers, and the Dancers, 2 Dances from a group called Salsa Brasov (inventive name I know), and the night closer from Alexandra (our supervisor) and her dance partner Edi. The acting was done by the Black Juice drama group, directed by Joe and I, they performed 3 different pieces with Joe and I also performing something. The show went really well and we managed to raise 16000 Lei, which is around 6000 Aussie Dollars, so a lot of money. After stressing out the whole day because, 1 We hadn’t ever had a full rehearsal before the show, 2 Some of the sounds refused to work and 3 Some of the guys were still fumbling over lines 20 minutes before the show it was really gratifying to see the whole thing go off without a hitch.

The last two days of my time here was the hardest part, it was difficult to say goodbye to everyone and to the place that had become my home for the past 2 months. If I had to say one thing about those final days is that 2 months DEFINENTLY wasn’t enough (although I think no matter how long I was there I would have said that)

So I guess this is it for the Blog, it’s been fun reporting on the events of my week, I hope you’ve all enjoyed it.

So long and thanks for all the fish.