I've mentioned before that I have been running to check out the surroundings.  I have also taken some pictures I thought I would share to give you an idea about the town.  Because I can't resist and awful joke, I am sharing one from this morning.  Why did the chickens cross the road?  Probably because I scared them running down the street.  I did see my first basketball hoop in Romania today on my run.  It was only about 8ft high so maybe we can find some neighborhood kids to play dunkball with.  I can dream.


My bed for the month.  I'm the top right bunk.      Feels like living across from a haunted house sometimes.

Lots of horse and mule-drawn wagons             Children tend to be out without parents often.

By the way, there are lots of things from American culture that can be found around the world.  I have seen Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper in the grocery store here in Dragonesti.  They sell these pseudo chocolate chip cookies for way more than I can afford.  But, it is nice to know that if I get desperate I have that option.  I do find it funny when you run across things you would rather have never left the United States.  Saturday night I climbed into bed and was trying to sleep.  There was some sort of party with loud music going on across from where we are staying.  As I focused a bit on the music, I suddenly realized the song playing was, "Macarena."  That is one song I could have spent my whole life never having heard again and I can't believe they were willingly playing it in Romania.  Go figure.