Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The End
My hotel room in Paris was so small, but cute. I felt like a bull in a china shop.
At the airport at 3:00 am.
This is the end of my journey. It sure felt good to sleep in my own bed last night. I’m sitting in my living room at home submitting this last entry to my blog, because I wasn’t able to connect to the internet in Chicago. Later this morning I will try to find a place with high speed internet and add some pictures.
My lost luggage was delivered to the hotel at 4:00 Friday morning, and everything was in tact. Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to worry too much, as it always works out like it’s supposed to in the end.
I feel so blessed to have been part of something so amazing and to also be able to share my experiences with you along the way. I hope that you have all enjoyed by blog. It certainly gave me something to focus on that was fun and interesting and kept me from getting bored. I also want to give a special thank you to Jen Dockerty for helping me to figure out how to actually do this blog and also for helping me pick out the best camera. I certainly have learned more about the power of technology.
I also, am so thankful for all your great comments and for the encouragement that I got from each of you along the way. It made it all seem worthwhile. You are the best group of family and friend that I could ever dream of having.
I hope I didn’t bore you with too many details. If you aren’t to sick of it all yet, I’ll be looking forward to sharing more of my adventures, videos and pictures with you before too long. Oh, and yah the great wine.
I'll make one last post on Tuesday with some of the best of pictures.
My lost luggage was delivered to the hotel at 4:00 Friday morning, and everything was in tact. Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to worry too much, as it always works out like it’s supposed to in the end.
I feel so blessed to have been part of something so amazing and to also be able to share my experiences with you along the way. I hope that you have all enjoyed by blog. It certainly gave me something to focus on that was fun and interesting and kept me from getting bored. I also want to give a special thank you to Jen Dockerty for helping me to figure out how to actually do this blog and also for helping me pick out the best camera. I certainly have learned more about the power of technology.
I also, am so thankful for all your great comments and for the encouragement that I got from each of you along the way. It made it all seem worthwhile. You are the best group of family and friend that I could ever dream of having.
I hope I didn’t bore you with too many details. If you aren’t to sick of it all yet, I’ll be looking forward to sharing more of my adventures, videos and pictures with you before too long. Oh, and yah the great wine.
I'll make one last post on Tuesday with some of the best of pictures.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Last Day in Paris
Well I'm sitting here finishing up my blog in the hotel room. Paris is totally beyond what I had expected. As you can see from the pictures it is just a beautiful and unique place. I wish that all of you could have been here with me today.
I left the Chisinau apartment at around 2:30 this morning. So, currently I have been up for almost 23 hours. I was so excited to see everything today that I just kept right on going. Kind of like the energizer bunny.
First, from my hotel I walked down to the Arc De Triomphe and then along the Champs Elysees. Then, I went the the Louvre, but I know that I didn't do it justice. You could spend at least two days there. I wanted to see the Mona Lisa so bad, and I thought that this might be my only shot, so I decided to go in a take a look around. I made myself leave after 1 hour, which was sad. Then I walked to Norte Dame and then to the Eiffel Tower. I ended up taking the subway (RER) twice, just because of the distances between.
Sad to say, but my luggage has not arrived yet. It never made it on the flight and they said that it was coming on the 1:30 flight and would be delivered to the hotel at around 5:00. Then we called them again about 8:00 tonight and they said that it had left the airport at 7:30 and should be here by 11:00. But, now it's almost 11:30 and I haven't gotten it yet. I am getting nervous wondering if I'll every see it again. There's three bottle of wine and two boxes of chocolate and other presents in them, so I hope it makes it here before morning. I leave at 8:00 am tomorrow to go back to the airport, to finally make my way back home. I might have to wear the same clothes and I'm going to have to find a least a toothbrush. Yuck!
I'll only add a few pictures tonight, so be sure to check back tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to add more in the morning.
I left the Chisinau apartment at around 2:30 this morning. So, currently I have been up for almost 23 hours. I was so excited to see everything today that I just kept right on going. Kind of like the energizer bunny.
First, from my hotel I walked down to the Arc De Triomphe and then along the Champs Elysees. Then, I went the the Louvre, but I know that I didn't do it justice. You could spend at least two days there. I wanted to see the Mona Lisa so bad, and I thought that this might be my only shot, so I decided to go in a take a look around. I made myself leave after 1 hour, which was sad. Then I walked to Norte Dame and then to the Eiffel Tower. I ended up taking the subway (RER) twice, just because of the distances between.
Sad to say, but my luggage has not arrived yet. It never made it on the flight and they said that it was coming on the 1:30 flight and would be delivered to the hotel at around 5:00. Then we called them again about 8:00 tonight and they said that it had left the airport at 7:30 and should be here by 11:00. But, now it's almost 11:30 and I haven't gotten it yet. I am getting nervous wondering if I'll every see it again. There's three bottle of wine and two boxes of chocolate and other presents in them, so I hope it makes it here before morning. I leave at 8:00 am tomorrow to go back to the airport, to finally make my way back home. I might have to wear the same clothes and I'm going to have to find a least a toothbrush. Yuck!
I'll only add a few pictures tonight, so be sure to check back tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to add more in the morning.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Last Day's In Moldova
Independence Day
Joh, me and Robin, a Peace Corp Volunteer
An old Soviet map of the Village of Copceau.
The frontier (The border of Moldova and Ukraine)
The party at the border
Wine in the "fancy' golden glasses
A toast (one of many)
John, me and Mr. Alexi from the Ukraine
Riding the field roads
Trying to unplug the combine
Two vounteers at the sign to the town who's name is prononuced volunteer in English
Mr. Valarei and his grapes
Canning Tomatoes
Mihails's grandparents at their summer home
Grandma Dominique
Picking corn from her garden for our lunch
A mural in the Grandmother's house that was done in the 1940's
Homemade wine and "moonshine" from Poland
Mihail's aunt
Strange sculptures in a roadside park
The village cow's
Garden at Mihail's aunt's house (Soon to be a bed and breakfast)
The bed and breakfast house
It's hard to believe that today my adventure of a lifetime is coming to an end. It's Thursday morning, and I am waiting at the airport to fly first to Frankfurt and then to Paris. I'll be leaving about the time that all of you will be going to bed on Wednesday night.
I have so many great memories and stories of my time in Moldova. What an experience. I can feel that I have benefited as much from this trip as the people that I came over here to help. It was very rewarding to have my host tell me that they have had a lot of vounteers come in the past. but that I have helped her the most.
I have open invitations from many people to come back. So hopefully I'll return again for a visit before to long. It's was so hard to say goodbye to all the good people that I have meet. But, I'm also looking forward to getting home again.
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