Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Confession Time

Ok, so I need to make a confession: I don't know Romanian. I'm slowly learning and trying to figure out certain phrases so I can try to blend in a little better than I did yesterday when we were at the grocery store and I started to talk really loud in English and people looked at me from all directions.

A quick update on what's happened this week: On Sunday, I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but there were four services in the village of Susani. They were all in Romanian, so when I was motioned to join a three person male choir inwhich we sang only in Romanian I had no idea what was going on (but it was still funny). On Monday, we went to Timisoara (the big city) and I was mesmerized with how busy it was. I lived in London for three months and never really felt lost, but in a city of 350,000+ people, I've never felt more directionally challenged in my life. On Tuesday, my roommates and I walked around the city looking for some furniture for our apartment, which gave me a chance to see the city for the first time. It's about 45,000 people and very cold, which is great because it snowed all day today. My roommate Ruben has joined the local futbol team here in Lugoj, so Danny and I went to watch them practice. Ruben was the youngest person in Romanian history to be accepted to the national team (14 years old), but he hurt his knee and is now trying to get back into it. It was awesome to watch them up close.

Today, we went to the city again and picked up this great pizza from a place called "Dominiscos", which serves "American pizza." It wasn't American at all. Not even a smidge bit. But it was delicious. The food here is unbelievable, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Tomorrow we are going to Timisoara again to pick up some Americans from Highland Village, TX who will stay with us for a few days.

I'll put pictures up on here soon, no worries. Have a great day.

9 comments:

  1. I found this site where you click on the phrase and you can hear someone say it!
    http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/romanian.php
    Vehicolul meu pe pernă de aer e plin cu ţipari!
    Translation: My hovercraft is full of eels.

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  2. Alex, I am Kim White, Tress and Tyler's mom. I learned of your blog and just wanted to let you know that I will be one of many sending my prayers and reading about your experiences! God bless you!!

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  3. Alex, thanks for keeping us up to speed. Sounds like things are going well. Take care and stay safe. We love ya.

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  4. Hey Alex, Glad things are going well. We're praying for you. Keep warm and take care!

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  5. how dare you refer to these clowns as your 'roommates'.

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  6. Alex how long did it take you to figure out that my discription of the food over there was a little off key?

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  7. id have to agree with tom. You barely even know them...Can you have the same kind of pillow talk with them???? nope. thats what i thought.

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  8. Alex...It seems like things are going well. I love and miss you bro. Been eating alot of tortillas in your honor.

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