in the news: Romania
As part of my job is to help Americans better understand the country I’m currently living in, I figured I’d do a quick round-up on Romania in the recent news media. Back in July, Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu’s bodies were exhumed for DNA testing at the request of surviving family. The BBC reported on the […]
on the road: Barkers & Sagans in Sibiu
Yes, you read it correctly. The Sagans — Cyril, Amy, and baby Cy are in Romania with us. They were taking a European vacation and they added Romania to their itinerary. There’s been great food, copious amounts of gelato, fun chats, long hot walks, and that addictive new baby smell all in the great city […]
photos: on the road
I’m pretty meticulous when it comes to photos — deleting the ugly ones, putting together panoramas, scanning in tickets/brochures/postcards, etc. So a week after returning from vacation, I’ve only got half the photos done. Rather than waiting for all of them to be done, here are links to our flickr sets. I promise some future […]
on my mind: decision-making and stress
I know it’s awful to come back from a fantastic European vacation and have the next blog post be about decision-making and stress. But these subjects reared their ugly heads because there are moments on a vacation in a foreign country that are stressful — not knowing a language, getting turned around, figuring out currency […]
on the road: vacation stats
So, we are back in Romania and recuperating from vacation with Mary Ann. On Sunday we’ll make the long trek back across Romania to our little town and get back into the swing of things. While I’m not ready for vacation to be over with, I must admit it’s nice to be in a country […]
on the road: prague update
Later tonight we say goodbye to Prague. Things we’ll update y’all more on later via photos: Seeing the absolute wonder of St. Vitus Cathedral’s stained glass and the extreme Baroque of St. Nicholas in Mala Strana Hopping on trams we think take us to certain places, but don’t. Experiencing the coolness of the bone ossuary […]
on the road: wien update
Ah Vienna… things we shall remember and write more about later… exploring palaces, churches, and musuems for two days — everything from Hapsburg opulence to Keith Haring and grafitti art more heat necessitates more gelato everything has its place in Austria (bikes, dogs, tourists) almost tossing my cookies in Karlskirche being overwhelmed by people and expensive […]
on the road: budapest overview
Good news: our hotel has a computer with internet. Bad news: we cannot upload pictures. Regardless, we wanted to post a quick update about our few days in Budapest — both to give y’all a taste and so that we don’t forget some of the good stuff. Riding to Budapest with a big Hungarian guy […]
on the road: spre vacanta
Yesterday from 5:30AM to 9:30PM we were on trains. Hot trains. Sticky trains. Never-ending trains. Yes, to get across Romania from our small town in the northeast to a larger city in the northwest, it took 16 hours. But we kept our spirits high – our cabin-mates weren’t afraid of curent (draft), so there were […]
on my mind: excitement, anticipation
So far we’ve kept most of our travel Peace Corps pertinent — seeing Romania, collaborating with other volunteers, integrating into this country, etc. But a week from today, we’ll be using some hard-earned leave and hitting the road to new places — Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Krakow. These are some of the crown jewels of Europe […]