11/26/2011: Thanksgiving celebration
Today I attended a thanksgiving celebration put on by volunteers for other volunteers. There was a lot of food set up in a buffet style. There were a lot of people so I sampled some of the desserts first. There was apple pie, pumpkin pie, lemon bars, peanut butter bars, no bake cookies, chocolate cake and a couple of things I am forgetting, For dinner, there was chili and pumpkin soup, turkey, stuffing, gravy, salad and other things you might expect to find at a Thanksgiving meal. I had a really nice time. It is always nice to see other volunteers. Even some of the staff members were there, including the director and assistant director of Peace Corps Moldova.
Afterwards, I hung out at Peace Corps with a couple of other volunteers. We discussed various things including my upcoming trip to Turkey. I am going with four or five other volunteers. Then, we headed over to the mall in the center of Chisinau for something to drink. We spent some time there, and then finally made our way over to the hostel where I have stayed before. It was nice. The three of us had a room to ourselves.
12/27/2011: Sunday
On Sunday, we left the hostel and made our way over to the mall. All of us had errands to run so we spent a while there. For breakfast, I had Sbarro pizza, McDonald's coffee, and gelato. In the mall, called "MallDova", there was an electronics store so while someone was looking for something to buy, I played on the store's Wii. It was fun and I think I might buy the game when I get back to the United States. It's still a long way off, but I can't help planning ahead a little.
After the mall we made our way back to Peace Corps on a trolley bus. At around 3 I left Peace Corps and walked to the bus station. I got back to my village at around 8.
12/28/2011: Monday
I had school as usual. Afterwards, however, I finally started my English club. There were four students there, three from 4th grade and one from 6th. I asked them what they wanted to do and learn in the club. Then, we read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. I don't know how much they understood, but at least I enjoyed it. Nothing too new to report, although my program director is coming to observe a couple of classes on Wednesday.
