I found out that my "close of service" date will be July 18th! It feels kind of weird having an actual date now. Before, when people would ask me when I would be leaving Moldova and coming back home,I would say sometime in the summer....but now I actually have a date. How exciting is that?! Well if that wasn't exciting enough, my parents will be visiting Moldova on July 18th too!
Yes, tickets are bought. They leave California on July17th and will arrive in Chisinau, Moldova's capital, on July 18th....which happens to be my dad's birthday as well! I can't wait to show my parents my village and introduce them to my host family. I know it will be a little hard since they don't speak the language, but I will just have to interpret everything for them. I want them to stay in my village for a few days, then hopefully we will be able to see the capital for a day or two and then we will fly off to Spain!! That is the plan thus far, we already have tickets from Barcelona back to California....so what we do in between is still in the works.
This seems like a dream come true to me...I know that some people didn't think my parents would ever come to Moldova, but they are. It will be the first time for the both of them to experience Europe and we are going to have a blast! Watch out Moldova, the Mexicans are coming!!!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
October-January.
So I guess I have been hibernating since winter is in full force over here in Moldova. Let me recap the past 4 months:
October:
We held a Halloween dance at school. The priest got upset because he believes Halloween is of the Devil. He showed up to the dance but did not witness any sacrifices or pagan worship.
November:
It really started getting cold in November, and when my partner teacher Sveta invited me for a BBQ in the woods, I almost said no. I didn't want to spend the day in the cold woods when I could stay at home, in bed with my Turkish boyfriend, aka, my electric bed warmer from Turkey. Well, I decided to go and I am glad that I did. It was one of the best days I have had here in Moldova. I met a lot of fun people, ate some great food and drank some hot wine.
December:
I spent Christmas Eve in my friend's village since it is her birthday too. She made handmade decorations for us which were super cute. We then took a vacation to Romania. We went to Bucharest for a few days, and then headed to Brasov then Bran. Brasov was a super cute town, we spent New Years Eve there and then headed to Bran the next day to see Bran Castle, also known as Dracula's Castle. Romania was great. It was nice being able to know the language and they have movies in English there, which was a nice treat. (In Moldova, all the movies are in Russian w/Romanian subtitles).
January:
It was hard going back to school after winter break, as I am sure it was for the students as well. It didn't start snowing until January here in Moldova, which was nice. Last year it started to snow in the beginning of December. I have been using my Yak Traks everyday to try to avoid falling but somehow have managed to fall three times already. I really dislike ice, and January was full of it. There wasn't a ton of snow, it would snow one day, then melt a little bit, then freeze and continue to be freezing cold for a week. The wind was really bad and made for a horrible walk to school.
October:
We held a Halloween dance at school. The priest got upset because he believes Halloween is of the Devil. He showed up to the dance but did not witness any sacrifices or pagan worship.
November:
It really started getting cold in November, and when my partner teacher Sveta invited me for a BBQ in the woods, I almost said no. I didn't want to spend the day in the cold woods when I could stay at home, in bed with my Turkish boyfriend, aka, my electric bed warmer from Turkey. Well, I decided to go and I am glad that I did. It was one of the best days I have had here in Moldova. I met a lot of fun people, ate some great food and drank some hot wine.
December:
I spent Christmas Eve in my friend's village since it is her birthday too. She made handmade decorations for us which were super cute. We then took a vacation to Romania. We went to Bucharest for a few days, and then headed to Brasov then Bran. Brasov was a super cute town, we spent New Years Eve there and then headed to Bran the next day to see Bran Castle, also known as Dracula's Castle. Romania was great. It was nice being able to know the language and they have movies in English there, which was a nice treat. (In Moldova, all the movies are in Russian w/Romanian subtitles).
January:
It was hard going back to school after winter break, as I am sure it was for the students as well. It didn't start snowing until January here in Moldova, which was nice. Last year it started to snow in the beginning of December. I have been using my Yak Traks everyday to try to avoid falling but somehow have managed to fall three times already. I really dislike ice, and January was full of it. There wasn't a ton of snow, it would snow one day, then melt a little bit, then freeze and continue to be freezing cold for a week. The wind was really bad and made for a horrible walk to school.
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