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Archive for January, 2012

Rivalry

Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged , , , , on January 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »

On a last-minute whim, thanks largely again to the insistence of PCV Aran, I hopped a train North to Miercurea Ciuc, Romania for a hockey match.  Now, understandably, it may seem strange to travel ten hours round trip for a hockey game, especially when I am not even a sports fan and you would be […]

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La Mulți Ani 2012

Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 | 3 Comments »

With the fully content mindset to stay home alone on New Years Eve, I was ready to bring in the New Year silently cheering in my quiet school side home.  However, as fate would have it my Peace Corps Volunteer neighbor, Aran, in nearby Ploiești convinced me to venture down to Bucharest with him and […]

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Crăciun Fericit!

Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged , on January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Like in America, Christmas time in Romania is very important.  If for nothing else, it is an opportunity to relax with family and friends, free from the stress of work and pressures of society.  Christmas is a highly anticipated time of great joy for children and guilt free full bellies for adults.  Knowing that this […]

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Ghiță goes to Market

Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2012 | 7 Comments »

One mainstay of Romanian tradition is the pig sacrifice that takes place a few days before Christmas each year.  Fortunately, however small my network of Romanian friends is they always want to make sure that I don’t miss out on any important national holidays.  Such was the case this past December when two Romanian families […]

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Cluj-Napoca: Bring on the Fireworks.

Posted in Peace Corps Romania, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Since the Thursday immediately after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs award ceremony was Ziua Nationala (National Day), a major holiday here in Romania, school was closed and thus I was off work.  And being that I only had two classes scheduled for that Friday the gods of coincidence were clearly encouraging me to take a […]

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