Moldova in Bullet Points
Today we leave Moldova. Bittersweet. We came here for work, and work we did, making a lot of progress (in our minds, at least) about what the next steps are for our work and our life.
In between work, we had a lot of fun, in an American-family-with-10-month-old-baby-visiting-Moldova-for-three-weeks kind of way...
-I finally mastered the fine art of getting a stroller in and out of an elevator so small (or was the stroller so big?) that there was less than 1 cm of clearance.
-Americans to talk with - AMERICANS! People like us!
-Being reunited with our Moldovan friends.
-I can now negotiate taxi fares in Romanian. Dan can now negotiate taxi fares in Romanian AND hold a decent conversation with the taxi drivers.
-We introduced Rebecca to the minibus, and then we decided to stick with taxis after contemplating the chances that during the ride she would either pick up a communicable disease or get a head injury.
-On a related note, while we were here, we also learned that most drivers believe that carseats belong in the trunks of their cars.
-Babushkas seeing Rebecca, holding Rebecca, and taking her away to show her off.
-Visiting underground wine cellars, villages, and monastaries.
-Big Lapiks! Ice cream in a bag! Watermelon!
-I learned how to make mamalyga (and it was goooood....)
-Air conditioning! Of course, to keep the neighbors below us happy and to give ourselves a chance to sleep, Dan "rewired" our air conditioner. (Can you tell he is the son of a surgeon and the grandson of an engineer?)
In between work, we had a lot of fun, in an American-family-with-10-month-old-baby-visiting-Moldova-for-three-weeks kind of way...
-I finally mastered the fine art of getting a stroller in and out of an elevator so small (or was the stroller so big?) that there was less than 1 cm of clearance.
-Americans to talk with - AMERICANS! People like us!
-Being reunited with our Moldovan friends.
-I can now negotiate taxi fares in Romanian. Dan can now negotiate taxi fares in Romanian AND hold a decent conversation with the taxi drivers.
-We introduced Rebecca to the minibus, and then we decided to stick with taxis after contemplating the chances that during the ride she would either pick up a communicable disease or get a head injury.
-On a related note, while we were here, we also learned that most drivers believe that carseats belong in the trunks of their cars.
-Babushkas seeing Rebecca, holding Rebecca, and taking her away to show her off.
-Visiting underground wine cellars, villages, and monastaries.
-Big Lapiks! Ice cream in a bag! Watermelon!
-I learned how to make mamalyga (and it was goooood....)
-Air conditioning! Of course, to keep the neighbors below us happy and to give ourselves a chance to sleep, Dan "rewired" our air conditioner. (Can you tell he is the son of a surgeon and the grandson of an engineer?)
posted by Beth at 8:30 AM
3 Comments:
Another great post! I love the pictures, too! Dan should start a business doing aftermarket modification of AC units! I especially like the brand of water bottle...
Easily the most impressive thing I've seen in the past week.
oh Beth sounds so enriching. You know we'd gladly be your guinea-pigs for the mamalyga.... can only a mama make it? lol. Welcome back ;-)
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