27 Luni

Wednesday, the final full official day of my site visit to Valea Călugărească maintained the quick pace and complete schedule as had the previous two days.  Breakfast again was served at 7:30 a.m. sharp along side several students and was followed by a ‘free period’ in which I was to plan activities for an afternoon […]

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Tuesday of last week proved to be just as eventful as Monday with a full program in my new community.  After an interesting episode with a malfunctioning showerhead, I got cleaned up, put on my tie and met a few students from the day before in the Cantina shortly after daybreak.  Breakfast consisted of boiled […]

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Previously on As Romania Turns: “About ten kilometers outside of town, we pulled off the road just passed a rusty and bent up old sign that read Școala de Viticulură.  Down the short side street, passed a horse and cart on the left we turned into the entrance of the school.” And now, the continuation […]

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Last week I visited the site where I’ll live and work for the next two years, Valea Călugărească.  Like the small village itself, everyone that I met was very welcoming.  My counterparts, the host country nationals that I will be working with, created a detailed itinerary for my visit; some days lasting from 7:30 in […]

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The past week has been very busy; we completed our final practicum lessons, performed our first official language evaluation, discovered the locations of our permanent sites and participated in a conference with our new teaching Counterparts.  These are all very important milestones in our Peace Corps pre-service training and represent the completion of the first […]

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