on the road: Saxon ‘n Dracula tour of Romania
David had a semester break at the end of January and we had the opportunity to travel a bit. We really want to SEE Romania because it’d be ashame to live here for two years and not see what Romania has to offer. And so we began our Saxon ‘n Dracula Tour of Romania. We […]
on the road: Anniversaries in Bucharest
We were fortunate to be in Bucharest for a few days before Christmas for a few important anniversaries. In December of 1989, a change/shift happened in Romania. Some call it a revolution; others have the view that it was a violent bit of theater. Regardless, the last weeks of December that year are historic. We […]
on the road: Thanksgiving in Bucharest
After our massive Moldovan pre-Thanksgiving, we headed to the capital to have another Thanksgiving, this time with the new US Ambassador to Romania and his family. Since we hadn’t really had an opportunity to sight-see in Buc, we made a short list of places we’d like to visit. Along with our pals Gretel and Courtney […]
on the road: Erik’s here
Just a quick note to placate my dearest mom who noted I haven’t updated the blog in a few weeks….. I just saw my brother in Romania! Woot! He’s been here for a week or so, helping out a few volunteers on the ‘westside.’ We’ve rendez-vous-ed here in Predeal as it’s in the middle of […]
on the road: predeal & sinaia
While being a diligent attendee at the conference, I also managed to have some fun with some PCV friends. . . 10 hours on a bus allowed me to see lots of fall color. Melody had some good finds at the Predeal Second-hand store. While roaming around Predeal, Melody & I happened upon some musicians. […]
on the road: cumparaturi in Suceava
On Saturday, Larisa, David’s counterpart, invited us to head to her hometown town of Suceava for a day of shopping and meeting her parents. We left at 7AM and arrived there at 8:15AM. By 8:30AM, we had met her parents Maria & Victor and were toasting our introductions with apricot tuica (homemade Romanian alcohol) and […]
on the road: package in Piatra Neamt
On Thursday, we got a notice that we had a package to pick up in Piatra Neamt. The notice said that we HAD to be there Friday between 8:30A and 12 noon to pick it up. The postal system in Romania definitely likes control – you can only do certain things on certain days for […]
excursion: exploring bucuresti
So this past Saturday, we put on our big-kid pants and headed out to explore public transportation to and in Bucuresti. We had an agenda — buy sheets, pillows, and towels. David had an additional agenda — eat Swedish meatballs in Romania, so IKEA became our destination of choice. And who am I to complain […]