Monday, March 17, 2008

So I got sick


It all started saturday night, there I was at an alimentara with some friends and I started coughing...blah. Today I'm at the Peace Corps office, missing class I might add, and I'm getting checked out for a sinus infection. Um anyways, this afternoon we are going to Orhei to withdraw some money for the remainder of our service training. Oh also, I got a telefon mobile, but I don't know the number, but apparently you can txt me for free from the internet. Again, not sure how that works, but I'll get that information. At any rate, when we went to Chisinau yesterday, I saw the central church, the Moldovan Arc de Triumph, the famous statue of Stefan Cel Mare. Last night for dinner I had Coltsunasi, it's like ravioli, and it's so good. So here I am sitting here at the computer waiting for the Medical Officer to come get me and fix me and then send me back. A last thought, I wonder what's going on in the states...?

Noua Martie


Last night was very entertaining. It started when I called Andrea to see what she was up to. I went over to her apartment and we just hung out and chatted while she waited for her boyfriend to call. After a while, her host mother (Mama Gazda) made her dinner, and then Rose came over. We were just gonna watch a movie, but instead we decided to go with Andrea’s sister to the local discotec. I walked with Rose back to her house in the dark so she could change. Very scary. As soon as we left the apartment building there was a stray dog in the doorway and we both screamed, lol. Some protector I am. Being in a strange place at night is very difficult but I guess I’ll get used to it. At any rate, we all walk over to the discotec and some people had been out in the parking lot fighting, so we quickly went in and couldn’t find a table so instead we went to an alimentara across the street and met up with some other volunteers. We all just hung out and chatted for a while. I got back to my house at about 12:30. Ok, so maybe that doesn’t sound so entertaining, but when you have class 6 days a week, anything is entertaining. I woke up at about 9, which if you know me at all, I do not wake up early, but over here I do. It’s actually nice waking up early. There’s a whole other part of the day that I didn’t know existed. Morning? I think they call it.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

In Moldova


So, I'm obviously not any good at this blog thing because I think I'm supposed to update it more often than every week, but nevertheless, Moldova is great! Spring has begun here and so I'm hoping for some warmer weather. Everyday, I meet with my eight (opt) other fellow Porumbeni Peace Corps (Corpul Pacii) friends for language lessons at school (scoala). Then I come back home for lunch and that good stuff. Today is the Day of Woman. It's a big deal here in Moldova and is a celebration of Women in the country. Tonight for dinner we had barbecue pork. Asta a fost foarte bine. It was very good. I've been having a lot of weird dreams lately. One in particular involved my friend Beth. I dreamed that she joined the Peace Corps and she was fluent in Romanian. Needless to say it was a very strange dream. Well that's about all for now. I'll post more later! La Revedere!