So, we hanging out in Gyula (unable to go inside the castle), which is only about 5 km from the Romanian border and we decide that we should just go cross the border to check it out, since two of our friends, Robbie and Brenda, both served their missions there. Plus as a missionary, you can only go to the border, and not cross it, so it's one of those doing-something-that-used-to-be-forbidden types of things that gets you excited.
Apparently, the border between Hungary and Romania is the only one within the European Union that is still guarded. And, apparently, it is a good idea to have your passport with you when you come to a guarded border.
It was amazing how quickly we realized those two things and we drove closer to the border. The only problem was that once we realized it, there was no place to make a U-turn so we got to the guard and after quickly realizing that we speak English he said "passport." I responded with "passports, hotel, Békéscsaba, turn around" complete with making a U-turn type motion with my hand. Luckily he understood and let us flip around.
The only problem, once we flipped around, we had to face the Hungarian guards, and how were they supposed to know that we were coming from Hungary and just turned around beyond the Romanian guard post? Lucky for us I used my incredible English skills to communicate "we turn around, passports, hotel, Békéscsaba." Sometimes, it works out in your favor to play like a dumb tourist and only speak English. Other times, as we learned in Budapest, it does not.
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