PST Phase II

It has been a few weeks since my last post, but there is good reason for that. I spent the pat two weeks is Milestii Mici for phase II of my Pre-Service Training. It was really nice to be with all the other ARBD PCVs again. (That is Agriculture and Rural Business Development Peace Corps Volunteers for those of you that don’t know all the Peace Corps acronyms.)

We spent Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th at a Partners Conference in Chisinau. All the ARBD PCVs and their partners listened to two days of presentations before heading back to Milestii Mici. In Milestii Mici, we had 4-5 hours of Language training a day and another few hours of technical training. I won’t bore you with the details.

While I was in Milestii Mici, I fell down my family’s stairs and got a really gross bruise on my butt. I considered posting a picture of it, but decided against it. Your Loss!

After PST Phase II was over, I stayed the weekend in Chisinau in order to attend a PC Fun Run and the Moldova National Wine Festival. Due to Rain, the Fun Run was cancelled, but most of us still managed to make it to the Wine Fest. I was able to try a few types of wine that I had never seen is the US. The first was a Feteasca Alba which was a delicious white wine made from Feteasca Alba grapes (Surprise!) that are grown mainly in Moldova and Transylvania (And yes, I do believe it was Dracula's preferred wine, second to blood of course!). The second was a desert wine called a Kagor. I bought a bottle of the Kagor to take home and share with my host family in Hincesti. I think they really liked it.

I am attempting to plan a short trip in December. I am not sure where. It will probably be somewhere close to Moldova and cheap. Please email me if you have any good ideas, or would like to join me!

That’s all I have for now, sorry to be so boring.