Week Two, Here We Come!

We've begun our second week of training!  It feels like forever ago that we all said goodbye to our friends and family.  I can't believe it has only been two weeks!  I have been blessed with a fantastic host family...which after the disastrous start to my semester in France I feel I deserved...hahaha.  There is my gazda mom, dad, and two sisters.  The older of the two girls speaks English very well and we have been having a great time.  I call her my personal social planner because she is always planning stuff for us to do, new people to meet, and places to see.  While it can be tiring at times, I appreciate the effort the entire family has put in to acclimate me into Romanian society.

Language classes are going well.  This week we were placed into our more specialized groups.  In my group we all seem to be at the same level, which is nice.  Today we learned vocabulary to get us through a visit to the "posta," or post office.  We would have gone a field trip to the "posta" to mail a letter, but it was raining.  Instead our language instructors set up shop in their office and it was rather amusing.  By now I know some basic verbs, possession, common phrases and greetings, numbers (yes, I can count to one hundred!).  Some things we haven't learned yet are food, clothing, and colors....the basics that we usually learn right away in a language...but PC does things a little differently :) .

Sunday afternoon, my host sisters took me, and another volunteer, to their grandmother's house in the country.  It was a fun time...despite the crazy country driving!  They had a very hyper dog named Jack...AAAANNNND a litter of kittens!!!  They pulled out two for us to hold and I fell in love.  I told my gazda sister that I want to take the kitten with me when I go to site...we'll see if it happens.  Apparently it is not too difficult to bring cats back into the States, unlike dogs.  So mom, don't be surprised if we have a new addition to our family :) .  But if its any comfort to you, I won't be at home too long after I return...haha.

Well I have to go catch up with my Tigers in the remaining time I have before sessions resume!

Freya

P.S. I posted new pictures on my facebook page....check them out!!!