Mereseni Bound
No time for a long post, but I wanted to let everyone know that I am headed to the town of Mereseni for the next two years. All of our assignments were announced today at 5 p.m., and I'm pumped. It was my first choice, and is close to the town of Hancesti and relatively close to several volunteers and Chisinau. It's pronounced Mai-rai-shain', and has a grand total of under 3,000 people. No internet access, but there are two cafenea/bars. One is good. One is bad. I'm leaving Friday to meet my Moldovan counterpart and three possible host families. I return to Costesti on Monday and decide by Tuesday morning which family I will live with for the first six months of my assignment.
In other news, Evan likes his flashlight. Vladimir told everyone at the dinner table last night the true location of where I "lost" the flashlight. I had to leave the kitchen for a minute, I was laughing so hard. I guess the secret's out.
I think I heard something on the news about the U.S. shooting down an asteroid with a rocket. But everything I've heard about it was in Romanian, so I can't be sure. Can anyone tell me more about this?
I'll try to have some Mereseni observations and some photos put together by the time I update on Tuesday. Until then, la revedere.
posted by Peter Myers @ 2:13 AM
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3 Comments:
Congratulations.
Yes, the United States began what NPR characterized as "active astronomy" where we brought a probe to a comet, and the sent a large heavy probe (in Ranger style) to crash into the comet so we could measure its constiuent parts. The full info can be found at Nasa Deep Impact web site.
When you say "no internet access," how close is the nearest access?
I hope you like a family with a phone! It means a great deal to us to chat once a week. Have fun meeting people.
Hey..
Sound's like you're having fun over there... I'm sending Romanian Vibes your way... but I'm only 1/4 Romanian, so it might not work well...
The beer was a huge success... I've got tons of pictures if you want them... I'll try sending some to your email soon..
Sean
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