A week ago on Friday afternoon, as soon as I had finished my classes and eaten lunch, my host mom and I headed out for a weekend in Chisinau. Our trip to Chisinau took twice the usual amount of time. Our town only has rutieras (buses) to Causeni and Chisinau in the morning, so we … Continue reading Weekend in Chisinau with My Host Family
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Life Lately in Moldova
I was awoken at 2:30 in the morning last night to an earthquake. This morning, I found out the epicenter was in Romania, and it was a 5.5 earthquake. The room shook pretty good, but nothing in my room fell at all. And it was pitch black, so I wasn't able to see anything. I … Continue reading Life Lately in Moldova
It Really is the Little Things
It's hard to believe I've already been here for over 2 months. As I'm sure you can imagine, being thrown into an entirely new culture, country, language, and "job" can be overwhelming and hard at times. But even when things are overwhelming, I'm feeling down, or things are just downright hard, there are so many … Continue reading It Really is the Little Things
Life Lately 7/10/16
The past week was a bit of a long week. We're hitting that point in our training where we are all tired, and ready to be done with classes for 8 hours a day. Here's a recap of the week: We had classes off on Monday afternoon so that we could celebrate the 4th. We … Continue reading Life Lately 7/10/16
Life Lately 7/4/16
First, Happy 4th of July!!! I spent the afternoon with some volunteer friends at a local restaurant just hanging out and enjoying our afternoon free of classes! This was a busy week! We had our regular language and technical classes Monday and Tuesday, our first language assessment on Wednesday, our hub site day in Chisinau … Continue reading Life Lately 7/4/16
The Oke Den 