We woke up at 7 o'clock, because we had to visit the History Museum in Tulcea. We got there and the museum guide made a detailed presentation of the Roman archeological sites in Dobrogea.
       Next to the museum stands the monument that represents the union of Dobrogea with the rest of Romania.

       The same day we went to visit Murighiol, where we saw the sites of the Halmyris fortress, about which we'd heard so much at the museum in Tulcea. Halmyris was built in the 1^st or 2^nd century A.D., and was rebuilt in the 4^th century a.d. The diggings started in 1981, and until now were discovered two gates, a thermal building, a building of the military headquarters, and a large building, probably the barrack. We were told that the minister of culture is planning to rebuild the thermal building and make it a tourist attraction.

       On the site we met the American EARTHWATCH team, made up of American history teachers, archeologists and geologists. EARTHWATCH is an organization that tries to preserve the Roman sites all over the world and that finances the diggings in Halmyris. They said that Romania has the most Roman sites in all Europe, after Italy, which we noticed at the end of the trip. They were very impressed by our interest (although at the beginning we only looked interested) and invited us the next day to join them at the Argamum fortress.
       All this time we were guided by Mr. Zahariade, a specialist in Tracian archaeology, who also teaches at the Archeology University, and he told us many things about this fortress. After it had been under Roman occupation for 7 years, Halmyris was abandoned in the 8^th century A.D., when the slavs conquered the frontier.
       After this long exhausting day we finally returned to camp Bididia.