So today I came to the shelter this morning and played with the little girls all morning, drawing adorable pictures and such. Then I walked the older kids to school and the younger kids back to the house. They were excited about that, they wanted their friends at school to see them with me. When we got back to the house we played around here for a little while, then they ate and napped, during which time Ronaldo, one of the older boys whose name isn't actually Ronaldo, but he absolutely LOVES socer, gave me five more Romanian words to learn and I gave him give more English words to learn and then me and a few of the older kids read in the classroom (which also is the play room and TV room) while the younger kids napped. Then they did their homework and I helped them with some of their English homework and then I played in the front with a couple of the kids which was fun. Then we went to McDonalds for dinner, not that I like McDonalds much at all, but over here it's good, especially since my dad has me too scared to go anywhere near chicken, my choices are limited, so at least there is something that I'm used to and isn't chicken. Of course my mom thinks its horse meat because there is a lot of horse meat here, but I'm pretty sure it's not, so I chose a cheeseburger over the potentially avian flu infested McPui (McChicken)!
I have to say, one of the most frightening things over here has got to be the driving. There are trams everywhere causing even more problems to their terrible and unorganized driving. On the street off of which the shelter is has even more problems because the tram is under construction. With the tram tracks in the middle of the road under construction in order to make a left hand turn one must make a left hand turn into oncoming traffic and drive on the wrong side of the road until you reach a makeshift road over the tram tracks under constructions. Well there are only so many of these ways over the tram tracks, so not only could you be driving for a half mile on the wrong side of the road, but when you get to these overpasses they are quite crowded and typically just have a huge mass of cars on them, so it takes you forever to make that left turn that you wanted to take in the beginning. Oh and by overpass, I mean thin pieces of wood that don't even look like they'd hold me. It's a really comforting process, let me tell you!
Tomorrow should be a really interesting day. I'm going on the streets for the first time this trip tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll have lots to say about it when I get back, so I'll be sure to write about that as soon as I can. Oh and I keep forgetting my cord that lets me upload pictures on to the computer, so I'm going to make sure I bring it tomorrow and upload pictures for you all to look at so you know more of what I'm talking about and can see the cute faces of all the kids!
Noapte Buna (good night!)
posted by Jen @ 9:01 PM
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