So we’re back in Chisinau again. Setting up two parties from here takes skill. More than skill. It takes finesse. I know that tomorrow we will lose all reliable internet access for at least a week because we have to grab our turtle shells (get it? Turtles wear their houses on their backs haha) and lug them down to the village. We’ve so far been staying at a very up-scale Couchsurfing host here in the city. We have running water, a washing machine and even wireless internet.
But tomorrow we will be leaving and going back to Burlacu. We should be there for a week and then afterwards we should have something here in Chisinau again. We talked with the director of the “FLEX” program (not the body-building magazine) and he said that he would be able to provide an apartment if we would be able to work for him part-time for a couple months. 
We worked for FLEX when we were PC volunteers. FLEX is set up to prepare CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States, i.e. former Soviet Union) kids for a trip to the States as exchange students so we will be needed to help facilitate cultural and language learning for them before they leave.
So it’s not work with a paycheck but at least it comes with an apartment. We are just waiting for him to give us the word. In the meantime we will be drinking wine and eating delicious food in the village with my host family and maybe even learning how to garden a little bit.
When we come back to Chisinau next Thursday we have a gig here to talk with an outgoing Peace Corps group about what to expect when they go back to the States. I don’t have any idea about what to tell them. Our experience differs a bit from the experience of others. We had steady jobs but decided to leave them for Moldova. Maybe they will think there’s something wrong with us.
Our trip out to Chisinau was not as tough as I thought. Amanda handled the move quite well and we had a BBQ with our best friends Alex and Simona before we left which made us both feel good. I lost my PSP along the way and am still kind of bitter about it but even that didn’t faze us that much. Just don’t ask about it please. At least I beat all of my games that I had with me. Ah well, I will find another one or something better than a PSP before long. Like a wife. Ugh… I just realized I’m gonna have a wife. Well at least it’s gonna be Amanda.
We have also been in contact with an agency that provides English language training in Romania. Unfortunately it is not in Brasov but it is in Romania. This will get our much-needed feet in the door. After this maybe we will find something better if we really don’t like working for these guys. We are still in the application process so we don’t know anything about what it pays or what exactly we’ll be doing. We’re pretty sure we’ll be in Timisoara which is the second largest city in Romania behind Bucharest. We have never been there and actually have not been that far west in the country so we don’t know anything about it except what we read on Wikipedia and hear from our friends (it was the first European city to have electronic street lights… that’s what’s up).
So this is where we stand right now. We will still be having our parties. We will still be able to meet folks at the airport and all that stuff. So don’t fret. It will all be good. We will be writing again soon don’t worry my few readers.
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