Around 3:00 AM, we were awoken by a thick-mustached Turkish train attendant and told to take our passports and tickets and get off the train so it could be searched. I did what I was told (and also changed back into my jeans) and got off with Mikkel. The attendant also asked Mikkel if he would please buy him 2 liters of Jack Daniels whiskey at the Duty Free, because only tourists were allowed to buy alcohol from there. He also told me that I would need to get a visa before I could get my passport stamped, and pointed [View Full Entry]

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Mikkel and I are headed for Turkey!! After everything that went on last night, I called him at 7 to make sure he was up in time to meet me at the train station at 8:30. He said it was a really good thing I did, otherwise he would have slept right through his alarm. He was very somber and groggy when I met him around 20 to 9, so I gave him a hard time about his hangover, but then told him I’d watch his stuff if he wanted to go find some greasy food (Fornetti) to try to [View Full Entry]

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Last day in Brasov before heading to Turkey! It started off like any other in the hospital, and I worked with Beth, Mary, Sarah and Steffi. My favorite baby was on the 4th floor again, so I spent as much time with him as I could since he would probably be gone by the time I got home. After my shift, I said goodbye to everyone and that I would see them in a week, before heading to the office to email Gökhan about some last minute details. Gökhan wanted to know about the bus details for when we would be [View Full Entry]

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Ok, I'm so far behind with this blog that I'm not even going to try to catch up . . . sorry! Anyway, Dani and I went to Codlea today to meet with the head of an after school day care center for children. Dani had suggested that maybe I could work here a few afternoons a week since prior to Coleen and Erin coming, I had seemed so bored after finishing the day at the hospital. We took the bus to Codlea, a small town about 50 meters outside Brasov, and walked up to a small gypsy village, where the [View Full Entry]

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After working in the hospital all morning, I went back to the office to check my mail and then wait for Kayleigh. She sent me a text later to see if I was coming home and if we could go shopping before her big leaving dinner. Apparently there had been a misunderstanding. I went home and we went out to look for something nice she could wear. When we didn’t see anything, we came back in time to change and do our make-up before meeting people at 5:00 at Keller’s steakhouse. When we got there, only Belinda was on time, so [View Full Entry]

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Today was woman’s day in Romania! It’s a day sort of like Mother’s Day in the US, but for all women! Kayleigh and I both slept in later than we would have liked, so we ate a late breakfast and Kayleigh raced off to meet her drama group at 12. I made plans with Mikkel to hike up Mt. Timpa and got ready to meet him up at the cable car at 12:45. Aside from being a little bit windy, it was a beautiful day, and I was glad to be doing something outside. I got up there a little early, [View Full Entry]

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Today started out like any other day at the hospital, although Sharon finally started working with us. She had originally signed up as a journalism volunteer, but the project director was really irresponsible, and didn’t give her much to do, so she switched to care and community instead. Anyway, one of the kids, Luciano, was especially fun today because when I opened his crib to let him out, he ran into my arms and gave me a great big hug! Then he squirmed around until I let him down, at which point he ran around the room and would burst into [View Full Entry]

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Today at the hospital, I started to change a baby boy’s diaper, and noticed that he was in the process of pooping. I cleaned that up, and then, as I was putting a new diaper on him, he started peeing! Some of it got on me . . . which was awesome, so I just cleaned both of us up and threw away the dirty diaper. Anyway, just thought I’d share that. After work, I met Kayleigh to go shopping. We went down to the new mall by the train station to have a look around. Neither of us saw much [View Full Entry]

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Today I went to work at the hospital until about 12:30, and then went to the office to load some more Budapest pictures. Mikkel came in around 1 and we thought that maybe we could go skiing this coming weekend, so we investigated the prices of some of the surrounding resorts. It turns out though, that just about everywhere is REALLY expensive. AND, not only do you have to pay for a lift ticket, but you have to pay for a certain number of times to actually ride the lift. And then rentals and transportation to the mountain on top of [View Full Entry]

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We got into Brasov from Budapest on the train today around 6:00 AM. Apparently, I was the only one who got a full night’s sleep! Haha, I honestly don’t know how I do it, but I’m not complaining. I guess I really can sleep anywhere. Sara and I took a taxi home, and Elisabeta was already up when I got in, ready to make me breakfast. When I finished eating, I went to take a nice, hot shower (which felt glorious, after my 2 cold showers in Budapest)! Then I got ready and went to the office to work on my [View Full Entry]

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