Just after visiting my first commemoration of the dead ceremony at the local Romanian Orthodox biserica, the bunica, who literally lives, works, eats and sleeps in her bucataria, gave me a plate of homemade goodness, a lovely bunch of garden...
A first ever for Campia Turzii, Romania, my students from two middle schools presented the play after hours of rehearsal, costume selection, and set design. I directed it and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in my second year now, it was a sweet way to...
A long hike up to the stana where George and his family tend the sheep (over 400 of them) for many in the village of Brusturoasa, Romania. He invited myself and a friend to see how that delicious commodity, "branza in coaja de brad", is made. ...
Myself and another volunteer (who just finished her service along with two Hungarian ladies- now friends) spent time to teach and entertain over 40 children for a summer camp in near St. Gheorghe. We had such a great time, but after all the...
Here are the sweets before the party this March 1st which I made for my Romanian and Hungarian colleagues to share with me and commemorate the miliestone of Peace Corps birthday. Twenty of them came and helped me decorate, too. We also had...
After an English lesson about our solar system, campers used everyday objects to make a 3-D model for a team competition. This veteran Peace Corps Volunteer just loves science and on this day, we learned about the weather, astronomy, and anatomy,...
Here are some of the eighth grade science class students in costume and their always helpful teacher, Ana. On Halloween, I dressed as a veterinarian to care for the Lambie (who by the way goes everywhere with me in Corpul Pacii in the Adventures...
Here I am with Mr. Bilbiou, a neighbor with a grandiose garden in town, who supplies me with all the best eggplant that I could ever want and have ever eaten in my life...and he won't take a bani for it! It was Boxing Day in the UK and so in the...
Here in my bucataria at the gazda house are some of my talented chefs making a bechamel sauce. It was perfect the first time! There are twelve regular students who cook with me monthly to learn new recipes in English from all parts of the world. ...
This was the last moment of our PST training in Targoviste, Romania and we are so very cool as we look ahead toward our service in Romania as new Peace Corps Volunteers. Here we are one hour before swearing-in!