First of all, thank you to everyone who sent their thanks on my birthday – and I suppose thank you to Facebook for remembering. It means a lot to hear good words from people back home and it really does keep me going on those bad days.
For the big 2-3, I joined 10 other volunteers in a trip to another “village-like town”, Berd, which is about 2.5 hours away from me. We had a great time hear about each others’ sites, gossiping, eating CHIPS AND SALSA (all homeade), and afterwards we went to a restaraunt and ate BBQ (“horovats”), and then drank some imported liquor (“whiskey” and “jaegermeister”). And it cost more than $6.99] We ended the party like every good birthday party should end – with a riling game of charades at 4am.
The marchutni ride home the next day, however, was nothing short of terrible. Imagine cramming into your family station wagon back in 1979, no A/C, but with less room, a hangover and 2 hours of sleep. Sunday was a long day 😉
However, all’s been well since then. I’ve moved into my new host family, who is really great – I basically have my own apartment now, with a landlady who cooks and plays Nardi (backgammon) with me all the time. Not a bad deal! Look for pictures soon – hopefully this weekend. And finally, I finally reached a milestone in my Peace Corps service, and am now officially living the Eastern European stereotype:
My First Bucket Bath: Wednesday, August 30th, 2006.
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