Thursday, June 26, 2008
Technical Difficulties
Okay, so I have tried about 3 different times to get online and add new posts, but I've been having a lot of problems with my flash drive (Moldovan computers don't like it). Since I write everything on my laptop (which I can't currently use to access the Internet) and save it to my flash drive, complications ensue! I will try my best to put new posts as soon as I can. I talked to someone at PC tech support today, so I think a solution is in sight. For those of you who keep checking back for updates, they are coming--I promise (scout's honor!).
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Welcome to Moldova
Buna ziua! I am now in Moldova. We got here Wednesday evening after a 11 hour flight from JFK to Frankfurt (it should have been 8 but we sat on the plane for 3 hours at JFK waiting for thunderstorms to pass by. Good times!), and a 3 hour flight from Frankfurt to Chishinau (the capital city). I don't have time for a long post at this point, so I'll just list some of the highlights of my trip so far:
-getting to know the other PCVs (Peace Corps Volunteers--get used to my acronymns. The Peace Corps is in love with them).
-eating some Moldovan food (Most of it is really good, My only complaint so far is the fact that they put mayonnaise on just about everything, including pizza. You haven't lived until you've eaten mayonnaise pizza!)
-starting to learn Romanian (it is a Romance language, so my 3 semesters of college Spanish is actually helping a bit)
-getting ready to meet my PST (pre-service training) host family. They don't speak English, and my Romanian consists of about 50 words at this point, so it should be fun. We meet them today (!).
-realizing that I'm in a foreign country, don't speak the language, have no clue how to get anywhere, but I'm still insanely excited to be here. So I think I made the right choice! ;-)
That's it for now. Hopefully I'll be able to email people and do more blog updates again soon. For those of you who have my mailing address (let me know if you don't but want it), feel free to write me!
La Revedere!
-getting to know the other PCVs (Peace Corps Volunteers--get used to my acronymns. The Peace Corps is in love with them).
-eating some Moldovan food (Most of it is really good, My only complaint so far is the fact that they put mayonnaise on just about everything, including pizza. You haven't lived until you've eaten mayonnaise pizza!)
-starting to learn Romanian (it is a Romance language, so my 3 semesters of college Spanish is actually helping a bit)
-getting ready to meet my PST (pre-service training) host family. They don't speak English, and my Romanian consists of about 50 words at this point, so it should be fun. We meet them today (!).
-realizing that I'm in a foreign country, don't speak the language, have no clue how to get anywhere, but I'm still insanely excited to be here. So I think I made the right choice! ;-)
That's it for now. Hopefully I'll be able to email people and do more blog updates again soon. For those of you who have my mailing address (let me know if you don't but want it), feel free to write me!
La Revedere!
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