My first stay in a former Soviet block country makes me question how bad communism was and if we need government regulation at all. Apparently the smoking age is much lower as we saw, what had to have been a 5-6 year old smoking in the streets after 10:00. Parking is much less regulated as well, every sidewalk and front yard doubled as a free lot. Littering appeared to be legal, and dogs were encouraged to roam at will. (I just entered the combat zone for the first time12:38Z, 22 Oct 09!!! Mike just activated the defense systems and flak vests are being donned, just a precaution mom, I’m sitting on the bunk for this one, the Lt Col wanted to fly in for the first one since he won’t be flying the rest of the trip) We circled the block and found an Italian restaurant, we elected to stay away from local stuff this time. Romania was a pretty stereotypical Eastern European country like I would expect in movies. The hotel was nice though, right on the black sea, which is not black and might as well be an ocean.
We flew over it this morning and entered Turkey airspace being careful not to stray too far east or west to avoid Syria and Iran. As we approached the border almost all at once our radios and raw navigational equipment started buggin out, I don’t know what that was about. We’re starting down now, I’ll finish this on the ground in Iraqistan!!!
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I am saddened by the 5 year old smoking in the street, and the church converted into a pub in Scotland. Parking in the yard probably made you feel right at home.
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