Update on the Bug

I survived

;)

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I seriously just saw a really big bug scurry across the floor of my room, and now I'm totally freaked out cause I can't find it and I'm afraid it's going to crawl in bed with me during the night...

This was not intended to be a funny post, but I know you are probably all laughing and rolling your eyes...seriously, not funny!

The Simple Life

So, I am literally living on a farm...and here are the pictures to prove it! It's actually very pretty, and the cows don't usually smell too bad ;)

"You want to do What?!?"

Since there is wireless internet here at the hotel, I brought my laptop with me to Romania. However, the first time I needed to charge it, I realized that I couldn't because the plug for my computer has three prongs and my power converter only takes plugs with two prongs. Since that was on like my second day here, I've been without my computer for a little over two weeks. Thank goodness for my iPod (I knew there was a reason I bought the iPod Touch, haha)!

Anyway, the cord for my laptop is actually two cords that connect - one goes to the computer, and one goes to the power outlet. Someone told me that I could buy a cord here that plugs into the outlet to use instead of the American one, and I was so excited! So, yesterday, I went with Lois to Real (it's kinda like Walmart, and then there are other little stores inside - kinda like a mini mall...) and we looked for the cord, but none of them matched. I was so disappointed! As we were leaving, we noticed a small computer store, and though I knew they wouldn't have the cord I would need, I figured it wouldn't hurt to look.

So, we go inside, I find the guy that speaks English, and explain my situation. He looked at my cords and said that I could only get the cord I needed in the U.S. (I was so sad...); however, he's like, we can just cut the cord and put a European plug on there. I was like, "you wanna do what?" So, he explained it to me again, and when I asked how much he was like, "I don't know, we've never done this before" and laughs. Ummm...

He ended up quoting me 10 lei (that's less than 5 dollars!), so I figured, worst case scenario: they ruin my power cord, I don't have my computer while I'm here, and I have to buy a new one when I get home. So, I decided why not :)

I'm happy to report that I am typing this on my laptop as it is charging. My cord is totally ghetto now (it has electrical tape holding it together, haha), but I don't care. It works!

So, now I can post pics on my blog (yay!). Check back in a couple days, and I probably will have added pics to my older posts! Love and miss you all :)

Bored...

So, since the Delaware team left, I've been pretty bored, there really isn't much going on, so all I do is go outside and play with the kids. I mean, it's fine, but I'd really like a more structured schedule...

Dinner

While the Delaware team was here, we went out to dinner at a very nice Romanian restaurant. The food was great (as I'm finding all Romanian food is), but the service certainly left something to be desired.

After the salads came, a HUGE centipede came crawling out of Brian's. I thought he was going to throw up; his reaction was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Needless to say, after that, most of the salads didn't get eaten. Then, we all got our main dishes, and Brian got a meal that was completely different from what he ordered. When we told the waiter what had happened, he said that they had run out of what was ordered, so they just chose something else for him...strange. But, after the bug in his salad, he wasn't really hungry anyway. Then we got our desserts, and I'm waiting and waiting for mine to come, and it never did, so, once again, we tell the waiter, and they had run out of what I ordered, so they just didn't bring me anything!

Once again, this was a really nice restaurant! I'm just attributing it to cultural differences... :)

Oradea

So, I've been into town a few times now, and it's very cool. All of the building are very old and very European; most of them are pretty tall with a shop on the first story and apartments on top.