We’ve made a pretty tough decision to leave our volunteering placement a bit early. We were due to finish on Friday and fly out Saturday, but with Glen sick (again, different this time) and Deb feeling a bit similar, we think this is the best option.
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Lost in translation
Me to Romanian guy, “what does ‘stii’ mean in English?”
“you know”,
“no I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking”.
“you… know…”,
“no, seriously I don’t”.
“stii means ‘you know’ “.
“oohhhhhh”.
Feel dumb much?
Brasov, day 13
With no volunteering today for me (Glen), I headed off to Sighisoara, a 2hr train ride from Brasov with my volunteering friends from the sanctuary, Larissa & Vicki. The train ride was pretty amazing for the scenery and people. The forests are a beautiful mix of green, gold, orange and red and the grass is a beautiful green. Truly stunning country.
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Brasov day 9
We’re really feeling like we belong now as part of the community as we get to know the city, the language & the culture better and better.
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Brasov day 8
Not a whole heap to report over the past couple of days.
Deb had another good shift at the hospital on Friday while I had the day off to recoup from being sick. It also gave me a chance to sort some stuff out with our accommodation. On Monday I’m going with the projects abroad director here to get a new mattress which should improve our sleeping significantly.