Last night I went to 'The Flying Pig' with Mark and a Scottish guy (can't remember his name). It was a great night, probably the best in a long time and it wasn't even because of some girl, but the atmosphere and the live music were legen...
Dary!
Anyway - we met this britsh guy called John who said we should join his 'runningclub'. They had some very good beer at the place so I'm a bit foggy about the details but I promised to show up today for a run.
When I woke up this morning I didn't feel that well and it didn't make it better that Daria from the office and told me that the owners would come and for some (to me) unknown reasons turn off the water in the flat for a few days. After calling Kaori to make sure she would be home I decided to join the 'runningclub'.
At the beginning we all drove to the 'rich' part of the city where another guy from the 'runningclub' had made some trails. It turned out that at every crossroad we had to run a long way down to check every possible way to se if it was the right way. After 7 km. and a lot of checking for false trails we arrived to the supplies which turned out to be mostly chips and beer. And reorganizing the supplies we ran home again and the 'real' club-thing could begin.
We all stood in a circle and 'Selfabuse' turned out to be the religious master of the Hashers! 'Selfabuse' was the club-name of John and he was in charge of the punishments. Everyone who had made something "illegal" during the run where to go to the middle of the circle and get his or her punishment.
I was puished myself because someone saw somebody in some black and white shorts doing something "illegal" (it wasn't me but I was punished anyway). I also got punished for being a "Frontrunner" for being new in the club and for wearing a hat in the cirkel (which they had just given me).
Part II - The punishment!
Being punish in 'club-manner' is to go to the middle of the circle while everybody else singing a song about the crime (they new a lot of songs).
The songs all ended but down, down, down, down... At that time we had to down a beer.
Afterwards we went indoor and had a great meal that the host had prepared and some more beer.
Part III - conclusion
Slowly during the day I figured out what it was all about. I thought I was just going for a run with some unknown people but it turned out to be much more than that. They call it 'A Drinking Club, with a Running Problem' and thats quite a good way to explain 'Chisinau Hash House Harries'. I think I'll join them again in two weeks when they once again gather and try to get rid of their running problem.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
The tournament!
Hi!
It has been a while since i last updated my blog. Last time i wrote it has just turned "Winter" but after 2-3 cold weeks it became warmer again and this week it has been warm enough to go outside in a t-shirt without a jacket.
The badminton tournament was last weekend but I lost so no more about that. At sunday we played doubles but my partner had to work so I got a new partner. An old man who had no idea how to play double. I talked to him briefly the first day where hen seemed to be able to speak english but apparently he had forgotten that when it was double time. After losing doubles as well I was very disappointed and I haven't played badminton since that day!! (It's just a coincident, and I will start playing again next week)
I've got a new job at another center where I teach the kid's to play chess. I like it but it's only 2 hours twice a week so i still work at the 'old' center as well. I expected to teach them like a teacher but they just want me to play against them so thats what I do.
Cya
Nikolaj
It has been a while since i last updated my blog. Last time i wrote it has just turned "Winter" but after 2-3 cold weeks it became warmer again and this week it has been warm enough to go outside in a t-shirt without a jacket.
The badminton tournament was last weekend but I lost so no more about that. At sunday we played doubles but my partner had to work so I got a new partner. An old man who had no idea how to play double. I talked to him briefly the first day where hen seemed to be able to speak english but apparently he had forgotten that when it was double time. After losing doubles as well I was very disappointed and I haven't played badminton since that day!! (It's just a coincident, and I will start playing again next week)
I've got a new job at another center where I teach the kid's to play chess. I like it but it's only 2 hours twice a week so i still work at the 'old' center as well. I expected to teach them like a teacher but they just want me to play against them so thats what I do.
Cya
Nikolaj
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Visit from Denmark
Last week my father, brother and sister were here to visit me. I was so good to see them again and it gave me a good excuse to go see all the tourist attractions in Chisinau. We went to two museums, the cathedral in the center and two of the markets. It wasn't that exciting but it was nice to be with my family again and to me i didn't really matter what we where doing. We also went to some resturants; twice to my favorite resturant where they serve pancake with all kind of stuff, La Placinte so they could taste some moldovan food and the resturant next to the place they lived. That place was called 'The Danish House' and was owned by danish people so maybe i'm not the only Dane in Chisinau. The place where very luxuary even compared to danish standards so I stayed at their place most of the week.
Im still playing badminton but I've been told that I can't play at the place with the handball court next to it because we where too many. It's a shame because I really liked it there. Not the settings but the people playing there. Fortunately Maxim has found another place where i can play but I haven't heard much about it yet. The tournament has been exposed once again so now it will be the 11th and 12th of november "for sure". :D
This weekend we will have a halloweenparty in my flat. it's on saturday so if you are a volenteer and read this you should know that you are invited. Dress code: of course :P
see ya all!
Kola..
Im still playing badminton but I've been told that I can't play at the place with the handball court next to it because we where too many. It's a shame because I really liked it there. Not the settings but the people playing there. Fortunately Maxim has found another place where i can play but I haven't heard much about it yet. The tournament has been exposed once again so now it will be the 11th and 12th of november "for sure". :D
This weekend we will have a halloweenparty in my flat. it's on saturday so if you are a volenteer and read this you should know that you are invited. Dress code: of course :P
see ya all!
Kola..
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Winter
Last week i got a huge chock; I was walking around the city wearing my jeans and a t-shirt. The weather was good, 25 degrees and almost no wind, but then suddently there was a loud ' bang' and it turned into winter. It has been freezing cold ever since.
I didn't write on my blog last week so there is nothing about my birthdayparty, Ola and Marta's goodbuyparty, the "party" we had at my work, Samiras birthdayparty, the new place I play badminton or me being lazy watching 'How I met your mother' instead of writing a blog.
But first things first. I had a great birthday, after 8 p.m. Before that I was pissed of because of my computer. It wasn't working and I had to reformate all of it. After that was done we had a party in my flat and it was great. Only thing was that Tanya had decided that we should meet in the center at 9 a.m. next morning to make our resident permit. And so we did, and now I have a resident permit with a picture of me having a hangover. (awesome)
Ola and Marta's goodbuyparty was as expected. Good but too much vodka :D What can I say - "Polish people" :P I'm gonna miss those two girls. And now nobody will understand we when I call a girl 'skarbie'.
The party we had at my work was the lamest thing ever. The day before I spend most of my time making paper flowers. I do that a lot on my work so i'm getting pretty good at it. The reason why I did it was that there was huge lack of decorations on the walls. The manager didn't wanted it to be possible to see the wall so see wanted flowers to cover the spots between the flowers we had already made. After too many flowers I was told to hit some nails in a concrete wall with a pingpong bat. Thats kind'a hard. Next day we had the party and everybody was excited. There was some kids dancing and pretending to be singing and the some speeches that would have been boring even if I understood it. After that there was some kind of disco with some 12 years old girls who wanted me to dance. That was a long day...
Samiras birthdayparty was very good. It was after it turned winter and I spend most of the time outdoor but except for that everything was great. It was at 'the squat' which is the new place to go! It's not the place itself that makes it great but the people fighting for their rights to keep it. The times i've been there there has been people making fire and playing guitar, singing and having a good time. It's quite easy to find - Just follow the hippieathmosphere. :D
This friday I started playing badminton at a new place. It's a big hall with badminton courts in the sides and a handball court in the middle. The conditions are better than the place where I used to play except for the fact that people are actually playing handball 30 cm away from the badminton court. Guess I just have to get use to it.
I have felt quite lazy for the last couple of weeks. I don't know what it is, there is just not as mush fun as there used to be. That makes me stay more home which makes me lazy. Lately I have spend too much time watching 'How I met your mother' and too little time hanging out with friends. I think I need to change some habbits. Btw - 'How I met your mother' is awesome. :P
Thats it for now. Hope i'm not too lazy to write something next week.
I didn't write on my blog last week so there is nothing about my birthdayparty, Ola and Marta's goodbuyparty, the "party" we had at my work, Samiras birthdayparty, the new place I play badminton or me being lazy watching 'How I met your mother' instead of writing a blog.
But first things first. I had a great birthday, after 8 p.m. Before that I was pissed of because of my computer. It wasn't working and I had to reformate all of it. After that was done we had a party in my flat and it was great. Only thing was that Tanya had decided that we should meet in the center at 9 a.m. next morning to make our resident permit. And so we did, and now I have a resident permit with a picture of me having a hangover. (awesome)
Ola and Marta's goodbuyparty was as expected. Good but too much vodka :D What can I say - "Polish people" :P I'm gonna miss those two girls. And now nobody will understand we when I call a girl 'skarbie'.
The party we had at my work was the lamest thing ever. The day before I spend most of my time making paper flowers. I do that a lot on my work so i'm getting pretty good at it. The reason why I did it was that there was huge lack of decorations on the walls. The manager didn't wanted it to be possible to see the wall so see wanted flowers to cover the spots between the flowers we had already made. After too many flowers I was told to hit some nails in a concrete wall with a pingpong bat. Thats kind'a hard. Next day we had the party and everybody was excited. There was some kids dancing and pretending to be singing and the some speeches that would have been boring even if I understood it. After that there was some kind of disco with some 12 years old girls who wanted me to dance. That was a long day...
Samiras birthdayparty was very good. It was after it turned winter and I spend most of the time outdoor but except for that everything was great. It was at 'the squat' which is the new place to go! It's not the place itself that makes it great but the people fighting for their rights to keep it. The times i've been there there has been people making fire and playing guitar, singing and having a good time. It's quite easy to find - Just follow the hippieathmosphere. :D
This friday I started playing badminton at a new place. It's a big hall with badminton courts in the sides and a handball court in the middle. The conditions are better than the place where I used to play except for the fact that people are actually playing handball 30 cm away from the badminton court. Guess I just have to get use to it.
I have felt quite lazy for the last couple of weeks. I don't know what it is, there is just not as mush fun as there used to be. That makes me stay more home which makes me lazy. Lately I have spend too much time watching 'How I met your mother' and too little time hanging out with friends. I think I need to change some habbits. Btw - 'How I met your mother' is awesome. :P
Thats it for now. Hope i'm not too lazy to write something next week.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
At our pre-departure-training we were warned agaist up's and down's during our volenteering. So far I've been thinking that it might be the case for some volenteers but not for me. The first two months was very exciting. I learned a lot and spend all my time doing things I wanted to do. I still do that but it isn't as exciting anymore. I'm getting use to my work, my badminton isn't improving as fast as it did when I started practicing again, and when I go to a bar with my friends it's like 'been here, done that'.
I also miss the 'old' volenteers. We had a great time together but most of the people who was here from the 'beginning' are gone now. The new volenteers are great but they don't know the city yet and often I show them where we used to have fun but it's not the same without the people I had the fun with.
I might sound a bit depressed but maybe it's just my mood following the shitty weather we have had lately. It's my birthday on thursday and we are going to have a party in the flat. Im really looking forward to it and my lovely flatmates has promesed me a cake :D
I also miss the 'old' volenteers. We had a great time together but most of the people who was here from the 'beginning' are gone now. The new volenteers are great but they don't know the city yet and often I show them where we used to have fun but it's not the same without the people I had the fun with.
I might sound a bit depressed but maybe it's just my mood following the shitty weather we have had lately. It's my birthday on thursday and we are going to have a party in the flat. Im really looking forward to it and my lovely flatmates has promesed me a cake :D
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Everyday life
Hi
So far I haven't been writing much about my everyday but now I will.
Usually I wake up between 10 and 12 o'clock and check my phone. I Maxim (my coach) has text me about badminton I sleep a bit more and enjoy the morning and then head of to Buicani to play badminton. Otherwise I eat my musli and put on my trainers and go for a run. I have to run to get in good shape before the tournament but despite the fact that it isn't that tempting to wake up and start running it actually feels quite good after the first kilometer. After badminton/running I go to work. Except for to day my work always starts at 3 p.m. My job is to play with the kids in the center which include a lot of ping-pong UNO and four in a row. It's not that challenging but it's close to my home and I only have to be there a few hours a day. Sometimes there is no kids at the center and then me and Aurelia, who is the other volenteer working there, spend some time drinking tea and eating cookies with the other employees. There are two girls working in the office and a singing teacher and a painting teacher. One of them speaks a little english but if she's not there one of the others say somthing that includes 'acasa' which means she wants us to go home. Back home I try to find an easy way to get dinner. Often I go to a resturant with some friends which in many cases are as cheap as cooking yourself. If I'm busy I just eat some bread with cheese and sausage and go do whatever makes me busy. If I don't have any plans for the evening me and my new flatmates cook dinner together. My old flatmates never made dinner together but I think it's a good idea. Then we all get to taste some different food and we can get a good meal more often.
So thats what a noraml day is like.
see you!
So far I haven't been writing much about my everyday but now I will.
Usually I wake up between 10 and 12 o'clock and check my phone. I Maxim (my coach) has text me about badminton I sleep a bit more and enjoy the morning and then head of to Buicani to play badminton. Otherwise I eat my musli and put on my trainers and go for a run. I have to run to get in good shape before the tournament but despite the fact that it isn't that tempting to wake up and start running it actually feels quite good after the first kilometer. After badminton/running I go to work. Except for to day my work always starts at 3 p.m. My job is to play with the kids in the center which include a lot of ping-pong UNO and four in a row. It's not that challenging but it's close to my home and I only have to be there a few hours a day. Sometimes there is no kids at the center and then me and Aurelia, who is the other volenteer working there, spend some time drinking tea and eating cookies with the other employees. There are two girls working in the office and a singing teacher and a painting teacher. One of them speaks a little english but if she's not there one of the others say somthing that includes 'acasa' which means she wants us to go home. Back home I try to find an easy way to get dinner. Often I go to a resturant with some friends which in many cases are as cheap as cooking yourself. If I'm busy I just eat some bread with cheese and sausage and go do whatever makes me busy. If I don't have any plans for the evening me and my new flatmates cook dinner together. My old flatmates never made dinner together but I think it's a good idea. Then we all get to taste some different food and we can get a good meal more often.
So thats what a noraml day is like.
see you!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Here we go! A lot of new volenteers has arrived lately and those I have meet are all very nice, including my two new flatmates. Unfortunately all the new volenteers are going to on-arrival-training on wednesday and there will only be a few volenteers left here for three days. I wish I could join them and meet all the new volenteers that I haven't already met but I can't :(
Yesterday I met an australian guy called Scott who speaks a little danish because of some exchange he has done some years ago. We where talking about going to Transnistria next weekend which is allmost an independent state in the north of Moldova. I could be nice to go there but nothing is decided yet.
Here in Moldova nobody makes plans for more than a few days ahead. It's abit frustrating somtimes but i'm getting use to it. Later this month i'm going to participate in a badmintontournament for all the best players in Moldova, Ukraine and Romania but nobody knows the date yet because it hasen't been decided. When Maxim (my coach) told me that I didn't believe him at first because in Denmark people would start preparing a big tournament like that a year ahead.
Maxim also told me that I have to train hard to be 100% when the tournament start so I have been runing a lot lately and slowly i'm getting in good shape again.
Yesterday I met an australian guy called Scott who speaks a little danish because of some exchange he has done some years ago. We where talking about going to Transnistria next weekend which is allmost an independent state in the north of Moldova. I could be nice to go there but nothing is decided yet.
Here in Moldova nobody makes plans for more than a few days ahead. It's abit frustrating somtimes but i'm getting use to it. Later this month i'm going to participate in a badmintontournament for all the best players in Moldova, Ukraine and Romania but nobody knows the date yet because it hasen't been decided. When Maxim (my coach) told me that I didn't believe him at first because in Denmark people would start preparing a big tournament like that a year ahead.
Maxim also told me that I have to train hard to be 100% when the tournament start so I have been runing a lot lately and slowly i'm getting in good shape again.
Monday, August 30, 2010
New flatmates
Hi
At the moment a lot of my friends are going back to their homecountry. It makes it all a bit sad but everybody wants to spend their last nights partying so the last week we have spend almost every night in the city. The fact the people are leaving also means that new volenteers are arriving. Both my flatmates are leaving the day tomorrow and to new volenteers will move in. It will be two girls from Netherland and Japan. It's gonna be very exciting and I really hope they are nice.
Lately everbody has been celebrating because of the independence of Moldova. Because of that the center where i work has been closed since thursday. This friday (27th of august) was the independece day and there was a big concert with Zdob Si Zdub on str. Stefan cel Mare which is the mainstreet here in Chisinau. Zdob Si Zdub is were popular here in Moldova and after having seen their concert I know why. They where so cool and everybody had a good time.
Before the concert we where at a lake outside Chisinau. We know a guy from a Yacht-club so we could get in there for free. The guy called Alex is in the world-elite of sailing and owned some boats so most af the day we where just sailing around enjoying ourselves. Alex where talking a lot to and other guy on another ship with turned out to be a famous actor (famous in Moldova). It was pretty fun being in the rich peoples place. I don't know why they let us in because the money ADVIT pays us doesn't make us rich but maybe it's just because most of us are from rich countries.
Except the last days where the center has been closed I have actually been working 1-2 hours a day. The first weeks there were nothing to do but lately there has been some kids so we have played a lot of UNO, tabletennis and painted the walls. I'm working with a French girl know called Aurelia. Her english isn't that good but we understand each other (most of the time) and she is nice. The girl who works there says that there will be even work to do in september, so thats gonna be interesting.
Thats all for now i guess.
Don't worry be happy!
At the moment a lot of my friends are going back to their homecountry. It makes it all a bit sad but everybody wants to spend their last nights partying so the last week we have spend almost every night in the city. The fact the people are leaving also means that new volenteers are arriving. Both my flatmates are leaving the day tomorrow and to new volenteers will move in. It will be two girls from Netherland and Japan. It's gonna be very exciting and I really hope they are nice.
Lately everbody has been celebrating because of the independence of Moldova. Because of that the center where i work has been closed since thursday. This friday (27th of august) was the independece day and there was a big concert with Zdob Si Zdub on str. Stefan cel Mare which is the mainstreet here in Chisinau. Zdob Si Zdub is were popular here in Moldova and after having seen their concert I know why. They where so cool and everybody had a good time.
Before the concert we where at a lake outside Chisinau. We know a guy from a Yacht-club so we could get in there for free. The guy called Alex is in the world-elite of sailing and owned some boats so most af the day we where just sailing around enjoying ourselves. Alex where talking a lot to and other guy on another ship with turned out to be a famous actor (famous in Moldova). It was pretty fun being in the rich peoples place. I don't know why they let us in because the money ADVIT pays us doesn't make us rich but maybe it's just because most of us are from rich countries.
Except the last days where the center has been closed I have actually been working 1-2 hours a day. The first weeks there were nothing to do but lately there has been some kids so we have played a lot of UNO, tabletennis and painted the walls. I'm working with a French girl know called Aurelia. Her english isn't that good but we understand each other (most of the time) and she is nice. The girl who works there says that there will be even work to do in september, so thats gonna be interesting.
Thats all for now i guess.
Don't worry be happy!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Weekend!
Ohay!
I am trying to update the blog every monday so I still remember the weekend but I've been so busy lately and now it's not even tuesday anymore. Anyway - Being busy is a good thing, especially if you are busy doing the things I've done this weekend. Saturday six of us rented a minibus and went to the countryside. First we visited the previous home of a famous moldovian writer. The place was nice but the guide was borring. Most of the time he pointing at some of his things and told us: "this is he's chair, this is he's desk and so on." After that we went to an old city with original moldovian houses. It was a very nice place with a fortrees and a church on top of the hill. Later we went to a river with some old baths or something. I didn't really found out because me and Martyn where busy crossing the river.
At the end of the day we went to a lake and made a barbeque. Mariana had brought some of her fathers wine which tasted very good. After the barbeque we went back to Chisinau and had some Chisinau's ;)
Sunday I went to play badminton with my coach Maxim. It was and outdoor place in a forrest which prevented the wind from destroying the game but it was still very difficult for me to play outside. We played about 3 hours and then it became to dark.
Maxim has turned out to be a really good coach. First time i played against him he spend a lot of time asking me how i make the stokes and tried to copy me which made me think that he couldn't teach me much, but he has proved me wrong. He smashes very, very hard and I thought I new how to pick up smashes but I couldn't pick his smashes up. Then he told me how to do and suddently I could. After training with him I always leaves with two feelings. The feeling that there is still a long way to go before I can beat him and the feeling that I really improved a lot during the training.
Monday I first went to the office to pick up some post and then to work. After work I went home and cleaned up the flat so we could have a party in the evening, celebrating that we were able to spend sunday without having a party. We where about 15 people, and had a good time. Some said they left about 3 but im not sure...
Tuesday I had to wake up early (11.30) and to Buiucani and play badminton. Later with the feeling of having inproved a lot, I rushed to work back in Ciocanna. After work I rushed back to Buiucani to Marianas place (Atushi's mentor) where we all cooked some national dishes. I made meetballs with onion and sauce (hakkebøffer). Atushi made some japanese soup, Mariana had made some potatoes, salat and boarsh, and Martyn and Jade made cookies. It was all ver nice :)
That was pretty mush what I have been doing lately.
Hope you all enjoy yourselves whereever you are.
See you some day!
Nikolaj
I am trying to update the blog every monday so I still remember the weekend but I've been so busy lately and now it's not even tuesday anymore. Anyway - Being busy is a good thing, especially if you are busy doing the things I've done this weekend. Saturday six of us rented a minibus and went to the countryside. First we visited the previous home of a famous moldovian writer. The place was nice but the guide was borring. Most of the time he pointing at some of his things and told us: "this is he's chair, this is he's desk and so on." After that we went to an old city with original moldovian houses. It was a very nice place with a fortrees and a church on top of the hill. Later we went to a river with some old baths or something. I didn't really found out because me and Martyn where busy crossing the river.
At the end of the day we went to a lake and made a barbeque. Mariana had brought some of her fathers wine which tasted very good. After the barbeque we went back to Chisinau and had some Chisinau's ;)
Sunday I went to play badminton with my coach Maxim. It was and outdoor place in a forrest which prevented the wind from destroying the game but it was still very difficult for me to play outside. We played about 3 hours and then it became to dark.
Maxim has turned out to be a really good coach. First time i played against him he spend a lot of time asking me how i make the stokes and tried to copy me which made me think that he couldn't teach me much, but he has proved me wrong. He smashes very, very hard and I thought I new how to pick up smashes but I couldn't pick his smashes up. Then he told me how to do and suddently I could. After training with him I always leaves with two feelings. The feeling that there is still a long way to go before I can beat him and the feeling that I really improved a lot during the training.
Monday I first went to the office to pick up some post and then to work. After work I went home and cleaned up the flat so we could have a party in the evening, celebrating that we were able to spend sunday without having a party. We where about 15 people, and had a good time. Some said they left about 3 but im not sure...
Tuesday I had to wake up early (11.30) and to Buiucani and play badminton. Later with the feeling of having inproved a lot, I rushed to work back in Ciocanna. After work I rushed back to Buiucani to Marianas place (Atushi's mentor) where we all cooked some national dishes. I made meetballs with onion and sauce (hakkebøffer). Atushi made some japanese soup, Mariana had made some potatoes, salat and boarsh, and Martyn and Jade made cookies. It was all ver nice :)
That was pretty mush what I have been doing lately.
Hope you all enjoy yourselves whereever you are.
See you some day!
Nikolaj
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
πbBIB (Lviv/Lvov)
Hey there
This weekend I've been to Lviv to visit some polish girls that Marta and Ola knew.
Ola had bourght a ticket for me so I just showed up at the bus station at half past six this friday afternoon. Lviv is in Ukraine which is the neighbour country. I had been told that we where suppose to drive the hole night to get there but I didn't new what it was like to sit in a bus for 16 loooong hours. Lviv has been polish once and is located close to the polich border. It's about 600 km. from Chisinau in a direct line so if we had been in Germany it would proberbly take about 5 hours to get there.
I'll try to describe the journey. I slept the first two hours but after that I spend 4 hours staring on the bumpy moldovian road. Then we got to the border and Marta said that it would take hours to get accros it. She thought she has joking but she wasn't. There where no queue but the ukranian borderguards where taking their job serious. First a guy collected all our passports and left. About half an hour later he returned and we all had to find our own passport. Then we where just waiting half an hour for some reason and then an other guy collected all our passports once more... After almost two hours we could finally cross the border.
After that I managed to fall asleep again but I constantly woke up because we had to pick up some hitch-hikers. When we finaly arrived in Lviv we all just wanted to sleep.
πbBIB as it is called in ukranian was a very beautiful city. Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteri after 6 pictures :/
Despite the lack of sleep and the dead camera we had some very good days in Lviv. Saturday we where walking around the streets looking at the city. After that we went home and had an hour of sleep before we went to a resturant. They are very good at cooking in Lviv and it was still quite cheap on resturants so we went to a resturant for all our meals. In the evening we bought some vodka and went out in the ukranian night. We couldn't help buying some vodka because we where to wales people a dane and a lot of polish people who wanted to drink vodka :)
That night i didn't sleep very well. It might be because of the fact that we where 5 or 6 people sharing a kingsize bed. Next day I was tired and had a terrible headache but I was forced by the others to go to a cemetary. It was huge with big monumets as gravestones. The polish girls found it very interesting because a lot of famous polish people where buried there but to me it was just a cemetary.
At half four we had to catch our bus back home. It wasn't as terrible as the first time but it was still 16 hours in a bus.
When we crossed the border I got the feeling that I would soon be home.
Home in Moldova...
This weekend I've been to Lviv to visit some polish girls that Marta and Ola knew.
Ola had bourght a ticket for me so I just showed up at the bus station at half past six this friday afternoon. Lviv is in Ukraine which is the neighbour country. I had been told that we where suppose to drive the hole night to get there but I didn't new what it was like to sit in a bus for 16 loooong hours. Lviv has been polish once and is located close to the polich border. It's about 600 km. from Chisinau in a direct line so if we had been in Germany it would proberbly take about 5 hours to get there.
I'll try to describe the journey. I slept the first two hours but after that I spend 4 hours staring on the bumpy moldovian road. Then we got to the border and Marta said that it would take hours to get accros it. She thought she has joking but she wasn't. There where no queue but the ukranian borderguards where taking their job serious. First a guy collected all our passports and left. About half an hour later he returned and we all had to find our own passport. Then we where just waiting half an hour for some reason and then an other guy collected all our passports once more... After almost two hours we could finally cross the border.
After that I managed to fall asleep again but I constantly woke up because we had to pick up some hitch-hikers. When we finaly arrived in Lviv we all just wanted to sleep.
πbBIB as it is called in ukranian was a very beautiful city. Unfortunately my camera ran out of batteri after 6 pictures :/
Despite the lack of sleep and the dead camera we had some very good days in Lviv. Saturday we where walking around the streets looking at the city. After that we went home and had an hour of sleep before we went to a resturant. They are very good at cooking in Lviv and it was still quite cheap on resturants so we went to a resturant for all our meals. In the evening we bought some vodka and went out in the ukranian night. We couldn't help buying some vodka because we where to wales people a dane and a lot of polish people who wanted to drink vodka :)
That night i didn't sleep very well. It might be because of the fact that we where 5 or 6 people sharing a kingsize bed. Next day I was tired and had a terrible headache but I was forced by the others to go to a cemetary. It was huge with big monumets as gravestones. The polish girls found it very interesting because a lot of famous polish people where buried there but to me it was just a cemetary.
At half four we had to catch our bus back home. It wasn't as terrible as the first time but it was still 16 hours in a bus.
When we crossed the border I got the feeling that I would soon be home.
Home in Moldova...
Monday, August 9, 2010
First four weeks
Hi everybody
I've been here almost four weeks and I really enjoy it. I've got the biggest room in a nice flat and I've been told that my bed is the best bed in Chisinau. My flatmates are great. It a japanese guy called Atushi and an englishman called Chris. Atushi has just moved in so i don't know him so well yet but he seems nice and is very polite. Chris has been here almost a year a know everything about surviving in Moldova so I always ask him if I need advice. Actually the organisation wants me to ask my mentor but I don't really need a mentor so I've only talked to him very few times.
I'm working at an animation-center which is a place for kids to come after school, but there is only a few kids at the moment because most of them still have vacation so there is not much for me to do. Usually I go there a 3 o'clock (10 minutes walk) and teach my supervisor a bit english and then go home again at half three. They say it will change later when the kids start showing up.
I've started to play badminton again. It's a lot different from badminton back home. The conditions are very poor compared to Denmark and there are not as many good players. My coach will sign me up for a tournament in september where all the best moldovan and ukranian players will participate. It's gonna be very exciting but I don't think I will stand a chance to win.
Here people speak romanian and russian so if you want to speak to a local you have to speak one of those two languages. I'm supposed to learn Romanian but after the first week with romanianlessons every day I'm not really learn any romanian at the moment. Im spend most time with other volenteers speaking english and my supervisor at works speaks english as well so at the moment i'm not really forced to speak romanian.
Most weekends here have been party, party and more party. This weekend though I've been to a museum and in a themepark. There's an other volenteer called Julian who works at the museum and gives free guided tours so me and 10 other volenteers went to visit the museum. It was nice to learn something about the history of the country. After that some went to a themepark. Everything looked like it was about to break and would never have passed a test in Denmark but on the other hand. If a rolercoaster hasn't brooken in 60 years - why should it break today. The best part was the bumbcars that turned out to be fun. When we first looked at them they threw sparks and looked like they where falling apart but they where fun and thats the important part.
Next weekend me, Martyn, Marta and Ola is going to Lviv in Ukraine to visit som of Marta and Ola's friends. They where here two weeks ago and after some wine I promised to come and visit them. I think it's gonna be fun though.
Have fun!
I've been here almost four weeks and I really enjoy it. I've got the biggest room in a nice flat and I've been told that my bed is the best bed in Chisinau. My flatmates are great. It a japanese guy called Atushi and an englishman called Chris. Atushi has just moved in so i don't know him so well yet but he seems nice and is very polite. Chris has been here almost a year a know everything about surviving in Moldova so I always ask him if I need advice. Actually the organisation wants me to ask my mentor but I don't really need a mentor so I've only talked to him very few times.
I'm working at an animation-center which is a place for kids to come after school, but there is only a few kids at the moment because most of them still have vacation so there is not much for me to do. Usually I go there a 3 o'clock (10 minutes walk) and teach my supervisor a bit english and then go home again at half three. They say it will change later when the kids start showing up.
I've started to play badminton again. It's a lot different from badminton back home. The conditions are very poor compared to Denmark and there are not as many good players. My coach will sign me up for a tournament in september where all the best moldovan and ukranian players will participate. It's gonna be very exciting but I don't think I will stand a chance to win.
Here people speak romanian and russian so if you want to speak to a local you have to speak one of those two languages. I'm supposed to learn Romanian but after the first week with romanianlessons every day I'm not really learn any romanian at the moment. Im spend most time with other volenteers speaking english and my supervisor at works speaks english as well so at the moment i'm not really forced to speak romanian.
Most weekends here have been party, party and more party. This weekend though I've been to a museum and in a themepark. There's an other volenteer called Julian who works at the museum and gives free guided tours so me and 10 other volenteers went to visit the museum. It was nice to learn something about the history of the country. After that some went to a themepark. Everything looked like it was about to break and would never have passed a test in Denmark but on the other hand. If a rolercoaster hasn't brooken in 60 years - why should it break today. The best part was the bumbcars that turned out to be fun. When we first looked at them they threw sparks and looked like they where falling apart but they where fun and thats the important part.
Next weekend me, Martyn, Marta and Ola is going to Lviv in Ukraine to visit som of Marta and Ola's friends. They where here two weeks ago and after some wine I promised to come and visit them. I think it's gonna be fun though.
Have fun!
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