There is no question that the holidays can be a lonely time for any Peace Corps volunteer. Holidays are, after all, a time that is traditionally supposed to be spent with family and friends; perhaps the one time every year that people get to truly relax with those they care about. During this past Christmas […]
Archive for December, 2011
Sorry Maggie, this turkey is all mine.
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Ambassador, Peace Corps, Thanksgiving, Ziua Recunoștinței on December 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Ordinul Meritul Cultural
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, Ministerul Afacerilor Externe, Ordinul Meritul Cultural, Peace Corps, Teodor Baconschi, Traian Băsescu on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On November 30th of this year, I was invited as a member of Peace Corps Romania’s Volunteer Advisory Committee to join Peace Corps Staff and the United States Ambassador for Romania to an award ceremony at the Romanian Ministerul Afacerilor Externe (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). More on this in a minute, but first a little […]
Cum se spune “Pepper” în Romanește?
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Ardei Umplut, Peace Corps, Sarmale, Zakuska on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to bridge the gap between providing continued language learning opportunities for Volunteers and actually paying for them with our limited budget, the staff at Peace Corps Romania came up with the idea for Volunteer sponsored “Language Weekends”. The idea is that Volunteers from within a given region could descend upon one Volunteer’s […]
When the Inspectorate says “Săriți!”
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Inspectorate, Rovit Winery, Testing on December 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Back in October, my three English Teacher Counterparts approached me about an extra project they were recently “requested” to facilitate. The task came down from the Inspectorate for the schools of Prahova County. The Inspectorate is kind of like the Superintendent of Schools in the United States; its their job to make sure that all […]
Romania, the Westside.
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Crema, Peace Corps, Recaș, Timișoara on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After a few solid weeks of hard work in the classroom, several Volunteers decided to gather for some R&R and to celebrate a colleague’s birthday. One of our Volunteers that lives in a small town outside of Timișoara gave us her pitch for why we should all come to her site. Despite the twelve-hour travel […]
More Green, Please.
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Mai Mult Verde, Peace Corps, Volunteerism on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One day in early November I heard about a tree planting that was to take place near my village, next to the Lukoil facility. The planting was sponsored by the Romanian organization of MaiMultVerde, which translates to More Green. The non-profit focuses on green initiatives that include clean up projects, tree planting and ecological education. […]
Send in the Black Hawks!
Posted in Peace Corps Romania on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Early in the morning on November 5th the day after my daylong Wine, Museum, and Church extravaganza, I received an expected text message from our Peace Corps Romania Safety and Security Coordinator. The message was a call to action to initiate a simulation of our countrywide evacuation plan. Our mission was a simple one: get […]
Wine, and Museums, and Churches! Oh My!
Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged Bellu Mansion, Schitul Sfanta Maria-Cricov on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On the morning of Friday, November 4th I was enjoying my usual three-hour break between classes when my Counterpart called. She wanted to know if I would be interested in seeing a presentation on viticulture that was schedule to take place at the Wine Institute across the street in ten minutes. I responded in the […]
Jeremy goes to Biserică
Posted in Peace Corps Romania on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the summer of 2010, one of the English teachers that I regularly work with married the Religious Studies teacher who also works at my high school. He and I happen to share classroom walls on the first floor of our school building. This is great for me because if I ever need anything he […]
ROMEXPO Field Trip
Posted in Peace Corps Romania on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Back on the second to last Thursday of October 2011, I was randomly and without much notice invited to tag along on a school fieldtrip to Bucharest to visit something called “ROMEXPO”. Up until the time of departure, and really until after we had arrived at the event, I had little idea about what was […]
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