Moldova Arrival

I've finally begun my work in Chisinau, Moldova. I arrived on Sunday afternoon round 1205 after a hectic couple of days of traveling. My flights became delayed forcing me to stay a night in New York City, of which Beth Stebner kindly gave me a couch to sleep on in the city after a night of partying in Brooklyn. Needless to say the unplanned night in NYC was not in vain. The next day I flew from Newark to Munich to Chisinau and was greeted by Projects Abroad. They took me to my homestay and helped me get settled into my new home for the next six weeks. And when I finally had the chance to sleep for hours on end, they invited me out, which of course I said yes to. I got to see some of the city, meet some of the other volunteers, who all seem really cool, and the night ended with a bunch of us volunteers and some of the staff uptown watching the final World Cup game on two big screens that were set up with about five thousand other people. I finally arrived home around 1am(great fist night I know) and had to be up early for the official city tour and meeting of the PA staff. I also got to meet two of the other new volunteers that arrived with me. We all were shown the hot spots of town, such as the post office, the park with the free wifi, the MacDonalds, also with free wifi and the PA office. We took some pictures at the office with the Moldovan flag and then met the country director, Igor, for some lunch. Igor is great and helped get me set up with my Russian language lessons, which will be pretty intense for the next two weeks or more. The rest of the day after that was ours. This weekend is a trip to Kiev begining Thursday night! The first weekend I'm in Moldova I get to travel to Kiev, Ukraine. Quite the experience
thus far I would say. Most of the Volunteers are planning on going to Kiev, the city of golden domes, and I know it'll be a great trip.