Romania!

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

New Apartment and New Address

I've moved into a new place! It is very exciting and I'm so happy to be there. It's actually the volunteer apartment for Hope for the Nations. They wanted someone to stay there to be with the volunteers while they are in Romania so they don't feel overwhelmed or alone. The place is beautiful and it's so nice to have a kitchen and a living room and access to the internet all the time! It was a little sad to leave my host family, but I'm really happy to be where I am. TAPA is going to be giving me the money they normally pay the host family to help with the costs of living here. It's right above where Sarah and Steffi live as well, which is also fun. This is where I'll be living when I come back in August, so hopefully this will be the last address change I have to make! Here's the address:
Beth Bray
Str. Dealul de Jos 18A
500080 Brasov
Romania
Here are some pictures of the kitchen and the living room.













This is the bedroom. It can accommodate up to 4 volunteers at a time. I sleep in here as well, but will move if there are ever 4 volunteers here at the same time.




Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Stick Bread

This past weekend I got to experience my first ever stick bread barbeque! It was such a delicious and fascinating concept that I had to share. It's very simply and an interesting alternative to just toasting marshmallows over a camp fire. We made bread dough and wrapped it around the end of a stick. Then you just hold the dough over the fire and it cooks! When it's brown on the outside, it's ready to eat and you can literally just pull the whole thing off the end. It was tasty on it's own, or with jam inside. I recommend it to everyone!