Wedding Nuntă - Day Two

 

Now when when left off last time you remember, we were just getting home at five in the morning.  Thank goodness it was still dark then.  I don't think we could take any bright lights.  But after a good eight hours of sleep, it was time to party again.  Yes, Moldvan weddings often go on to day two of celebration.  We met mid afternoon in the yard of one of the marriage families and had appetizers and shots of cognac.  Then with our own hired routiera (white vehicle in second picture) we all went back to the restaurant in Orhei.  All the routieras, which are a major part of public transportation, are Mercedes Sprinters.  They are made to hold about 15 people.  Often they take about 20, 25, or 40!  I like to think of it as Moldovan Twister.  As the vehicle stops to pick up extra people, the people in the aisles just smush themselves together.  Anyway we made it back to the Codru Restaurant and all the tables were reset and beuatiful.  The proper drinks were stocked on every table and we would be served many of the foods of the night before.  But the main food attraction was the traditional zeamă (chicken soup).  This menu item is also know as ciorbă or borsc or soupă.  The bride and groom were in more everyday attire today.  But many of their friends returned with gifts for their future life such as dishes, table clothes, ironing board, pillows.  And of course inbetween eating and gift giving, there was more dancing.  But today's celebration was just a few hours and it was time to go home.....and party.  And they lived happily ever after.  Noroc!