Day Four began with a visit to Moinesti town hall, where we had an audience with the mayor, who gave us all certificates attesting that we were Friends of Moinesti. We also visited the gallery of photos from the history of the area. Recently unearthed in the area is a 7 000 year old pottery bowl with signs of black oil, indicating it could be the earliest documented use of the black gold, and thousands of years before OPEC began to set the price. Off the to work site, six of us donned snowman suits, complete with dust masks and goggles to begin installing fibreglass insulation in the ceiling and walls downstairs. While others began to install drywall, one team finished off the exterior with the first layer of stucco. To say it was hot would be a tremendous understatement. We worked around each other as best we could, and stayed positive about why we were here to work in the first place. We are enjoying each others company, and are really having a lot of laughs with Cyprian, Vali, Vasili, Radu and Dantes, our Romanian crew.
We got back to the hotel to clean up, have a cold drink and try out the newly filled swimming pool. Wading pool would be more accurate, but it was cool and refreshing. We were then treated to a traditional dinner of dolmades (stuffed vine leaves) and stuffed peppers, which was all delicious. Then a group of young locals from a dance studio in town entertained us with many traditional folk dances from the area. We were very pleased to be pulled up and encouraged to participate!
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