Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Rosietici - Big Red Belt


So I’ve been at site for 2 weeks-ish now. I’ve already gotten sick, but I hope it doesn’t last too long. The other day I was rummaging around in our destroyed casa de cultura and I found a bust of former Vladimir Lenin’s head. I want to take it back to the US with me. The first 2 weeks, looking back, seemed to have flown by. It’s funny, I could have sworn I was going to be in the place the rest of my life. Let’s see, I have my new Romanian tutor at the school. She speaks English thank god, and I’ve been going to work everyday and trying my best to comprehend what’s going on. Someone in the village tried to convert me to my own religion, Baptist. 2 drunk guys picked me up and tried to drag me to a bar but I told them to leave me alone. To get to my village, I have to walk for an hour from the highway. I have to walk over this bridge to get home, over the Raut River, and this bridge is none too safe. If it’s ever icy, I’m gone. However, contrast the unsafe bridge with the extremely steep hill I have to walk up and the bridge becomes my best friend. Speaking of best friends, I became friends with a local goat. I finally have a use for that name Harvest Peach. For realsies though, I met some guys in town who are my age. The other day I was with them at the school hanging out, sounds cool right? Also, we have 5 cats are my house, but now 2 of them are pregnant, so we get to have even more kitties running around. That’s all for now. Yeah so only 102 more weeks to go and you get to see Kyle all you want.