We are officially here in Craiova, living in our cute little apartment in the center of town! We'll put up pictures once we have our bags unpacked. It is wonderful! We are really close to the University, the church, and little shops that we may need from time to time. It is perfect and came furnished so we didn't have to buy anything, and will be great for hosting people, especially students in the future! Oana was very kind to clean for us and buy some essentials we would need in the first few days.
Yesterday, we arrived in Craiova in the evening, got cleaned up, and were invited out to dinner with our close friends, Radu and Olivia. Then, after catching up on two night's worth of sleep (13 hours...) we woke up today (Wed.). We are still trying to get settled in and unpack everything, as well as get acquainted with where we live, how to get places, and speak Romanian. That will probably be the case for quite some time.
One crazy adventure Paul and I had tonight was cooking for the first time in our new place. Haha. After spending more time in the supermarket than we should have (because we didn't know what anything said or where anything was), then came home and realized we had a gas stove that needed lit, but weren't able to bring our lighters on the plane. As we were walking out the door to buy lighters, Paul had a brilliant idea to check around the apartment first and see what we could find. Thankfully, we found matches!!! After pouring in the "oil" to the skillet, the aroma omitted smelled much like vinegar. It is vinegar....we can't read Romanian (yet!).
So, now we are cooking and plan on buying vegtable oil sometime soon.
Romanian word for the day: oţet (vinegar)
Thursday, July 3, 2008
We Arrived in Romania!!!
3 comments:
Cris, (and Paublo)
I miss you both!! Funny story about the oil. When we arrive I am sure you will be a Romanian cooking queen. hehe.... also.. the cds came in today from coventant life. I guess I will just bring them when I come.... isn't that crazy?!? I love you my friend and praying for you......your crazy xco-worker. :-)
Awesome story! I'm so glad to hear that the Lord is already providing (even for growth in humility).
Thanks for the update so soon. It's great fun to picture you two over there, settling in. Look forward to the pictures. Hope and pray that you are enjoying His grace in big things and small things - even vegetabls stir fried in vinegar! Perhaps you'll discover something new and delightful!
John & Janet Japp
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