Thu 6 Jul 2006
A busy week…
Posted by Alan P. under Peace Corps Romania , My Travels , Living in Romania , Peace Corps WorkOur presentation to the city went great. The head of the urban planning department liked our design that we presented with one of the students. There were certain elements of the plan that they agreed were important to discuss with city officials. They are planning a presentation where some of the students we worked with will present to the city council.
On the weekend I went to the town of Sighisoara (pronounced Sigishoara). It was a beautiful, historic town of about 30,000. It was the hometown of Vlad the Impaler who the character Dracula was loosely based on. I spent the whole day on sunday relaxing by a pool with some volunteers from group 20 (I’m in group 21). Check out the pictures at www.828pm.com/photos.
Today we had a 4th of July party at the school with PC staff and our gazda families. It was great to grill out and listen to some classic American music that I, of course, got to DJ.
Tomorow is the big day where we learn our permanent sites. I have no idea where I am going to go. Don’t know if will be a big city or a small town. During my site interviews I focused more on the type of job I would do and not where. All I know is that I will probably be working at a mayors office which tends to mean that I will be in a smaller city, possibly around the same size as Sighisoara. Well, I’ll let you know as soon as I do!
July 6th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Alan,
Here are some Peace Corps / Romania journals and blogs that I have found online. If you know of any others that I have missed please let me know. Thanks!
-Mike Sheppard
RPCV / The Gambia
www.journeyacrossafrica.blogspot.com
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http://www.828pm.com/wordpress/
http://chrisintheworld.blogspot.com/
http://www.friendsofromania.org/
http://www.geocities.com/ck3232/
http://www.geocities.com/sethlewkowitz/romania.html
http://greeps.livejournal.com/
http://greeps.org/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peacecorpsromania/
http://jackieblueromania.blogspot.com/
http://www.peacecorps.ro
http://pirhana.diaryland.com/
http://www.susanwoody.com/
http://www.tonychamberlain.com/
http://www.workingdefinition.com/
http://www.xanga.com/emilysromanianadventure
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July 10th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
You said you would find out on the 7th about your assignment. Any news?
July 11th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
Hi Alan, love your website. I was looking at your photos, but I cannot figure out how to leave a comment for a photo. Can you explain? - Peter
July 12th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
Hi Alan,
Finally checked out your website and pix. Glad to hear things are going great! We had big Doctrow bonding sat-Robs’ twins turned 1 and it was loud and lots of food!!
Really enjoyed reading what you have been up to. Sounds like your host family is treating you well!!
love,
RS and Jeff