Blogs from Banat, Romania, Europe - page 4

My host in Timisoara did not give me a number or an address and so when I got there just after lunch, I had no idea where I was or if I had a place to stay that night. The lady behind the info counter at the train station was nice enough to let me into her cubicle and search for the train timetable for my next destination but couldn't tell me anything else since she didn't speak English. I later found out that it was atypical behaviour and probably because I was a tourist. *shrug* eh, at least there's a perk to this tourist thing. I wandered around for a bit but couldn't figure it out so I stopped a guy who was speaking on the phone in English (after he hung up, of course) ... read more

Wo findet man pampiges Essen? Wo findet man zu süßes Eis? Und wo findet man gratis W-LAN? Bei McDonalds! Ansonsten gibbet hier auch was ordentliches zu sehen: Den Platz des Sieges, O-Busse und natürlich ebenejene McD Filiale.... die hiesigen Hamburger schmecken genauso wie bei uns, kosten aber weniger! Die Fahrt heut war recht langweilig - ewig Autobahn durch Ungarn, mittags ein Stop in einem unaussprechlichen Ort mit großer Tesco-Filiale und mehreren undefinierbaren Kirchen. Unser Navigationsgerät, die liebe Gertrude, hat heute das erste Mal leichte Aussetzer gehabt, und Dennis ist in der Vergewaltigung der Gangschaltung besonders erfolgreich. Unser Campingplatz ist ganz lustig, zumal die geschätzt sozialistische Platzwärtin astrein deutsch spricht ;-) Auf dem Weg in die Stadt mussten wir nichtmal Bustickets kaufen, sondern sind so mitgekommen... Dummer-Touri-Bonus. Es ü... read more

As I write this, we are somewhere in Romania but we're not actually sure where. We left our homes Tues. morning around 9:30 a.m. and arrived at our first night's lodging Wed. afternoon around 3:00 which is about 1:30 a.m. local time. Don't ask what day cause right now I'm not sure what day it is. I do know that it is about 8:00 a.m. now and 10:00 p.m. home time. We feel much better now with a little bit of sleep. Our sentences make more sense now and we are not quite so quick to laugh at things that really weren't all that funny. Our flights were all good. Traveling was very easy thanks to Uncle Matt. Uncle Matt & Brian (his grandson) actually pulled in right behind us at Sea-Tac when we were unloading ... read more

On February 23, my departure date from Kenya , I got to visit one more orphanage in Nairobi . I was thrilled to see Little Kanini (the 3 yr. old that had been left in the Remand Home- the juvenile detention center in Nakuru). She now sleeps in a room with other children her age instead of a room full of children convicted of various crimes. The staff said she often bangs her head, bites herself and has a lot of emotional problems. The child needs help just like so many of the other babies that lay in their beds with various problems. More than anything I pray for more volunteers to go work with the kids. There were 96 kids there, no schooling, no therapy and few staff members. The director was very kind and ... read more