Nineteen years. It’s been almost 19 years since my very first LiveJournal entry kicking off 3 months in Romania, and exactly 20 years ago this month since my very first Romania trip with Global Volunteers in May 2002!

Fourteen years. It’s been almost 14 years since my last Livejournal entry ending my 2 ½ year stint living in Romania. I last wrote in ( Read more... )

Or at least it must feel like it to see that I've posted three entries in one day!! Go two entires further down for an entry about my visit home. The entry right below this one is just random things that have happened since being back in Romania this time. And this entry will just sort of be a summary on things, especially what's going on on the ( Read more... )

So. Now let’s transition to my commute back to Romania. My first flight was to leave Chicago the evening of July 2nd, I had nearly three hours to make my connection in Amsterdam the following day (my birthday), then I’d land in Bucharest at about 4pm on the 3rd. This was my 10th time flying to Romania, so I should have the routine down smoothly by ( Read more... )

Ok, took a little longer than I'd hoped. If there's one thing I truly excel at, it's procrastinating! Let's start with the visit home, which was from mid-May until early July....

The visit home was superb! I kept busy enough to not get bored, but not so busy that I burned out! Lots of time with the fam and friends, lots of eating of good food. Took ( Read more... )

. . . on a monster entry, coming soon!!!!!!! [soon meaning next few days, not next few minutes - this is still me]

I had grand plans. Was going to post a thrilling entry before I left Romania for my visit home. But here it is after midnight, I've still got a few odds and ends to tie up, and ideally would like to get a couple of hours of sleep before Atilla shows up at the door at 4am to take me to the airport! So I shall just say that I'm of course more than a ( Read more... )

Ok, ok, I've been slacking. Partly out of pure laziness, but also partly because I was still trying to figure minor details like my life plans. I'm still lazy, and I'm still confused, but I'll force out an entry anyway. Oooh, and I'll post a few pictures on here, but if you'd like to see a bigger selection, I'll put links to the pictures I've ( Read more... )

I decided I wasn't going to post an entry until Cousin Sarah went at least a full week without pestering me for one. It's taken this long!! I guess the holiday craziness on her end has finally worked to my advantage!


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I heard that Michael Bolton had made an appearance in Brasov, but nobody mentioned David Copperfield!  The mountains have disappeared!  And it's snowing!  Our plan was to go to Bran today to see Dracula's Castle, and the one thing I had hoped for after Cousin's Sarah's visit was not to go there in the snow...so much for that plan.  Well we're not ( Read more... )

 This entry is going to cover Rome (much to Geordie and Bridget's dismay)  and hopefully I'll get one of Romania in soon...there should be some free time in the next few days.  This was supposed to be posted 12 hours ago, but I got pulled away to enjoy some of Romania's attractions.  But I will point out what a wonderful roommate and all around ( Read more... )