HEY. Man I've just been so good at posting on here!!!! Haha not. Sorry I'll try to be better! This past week has been a little crazy. We've just been touring the city more, getting into the routine of our schedule at the hospital, school, and orphanage, and getting adjusted to living in Romania. It's still crazy to think I'll be here for 3 months! I find myself sometimes looking forward to being back in America, but then I slap myself (hypothetically of course) and think "hey you're in freaking EUROPE so get over the fact that you eat potatoes everyday." But yes, Romania is soo much different from the US. There really hasn't been anything that I've been totally shocked over, but there have been a few things that surprised me:

-Everything is so cheap here! 4 Lei equals about $1, and I can get some goooood food at the food court at the mall for anywhere between 10-17 Lei. I can also get some really good gelato for 5 Lei. Which you can probably understand why it's so hard not to eat it everyday. 

-People typically aren't the most friendliest haha. It's been weird for me and everyone in my group to get over the habit of smiling at people in the street because nobody ever ever smiles back. And they probably think we are all crazy. Even the people who work at the grocery store aren't friendly either! I'm used to seeing a nice friendly smile whenever I check out at the grocery store in the US and not the stone-cold glare I get here. My roommate Madeline says it's probably because they don't have clothes dryers here. Makes sense. 

-People dress nicely and there are barely any overweight people. I don't think I've really seen anyone who is dressed like a slob. Everyone looks so nice and put together! I would also like to know how everyone here stays thin, considering they eat bread with every meal and so many carbs haha. 

-The drivers here are a little crazy. They seriously go down these small roads at like 40 mph, so you really have to pay attention to where you are walking or else you'll get plowed over haha. The crosswalks are interesting here too. You usually just walk straight into the street when it's a crosswalk, and the cars will stop for you. Even if you don't think they'll stop for you because they're coming at you at like 30 mph, they will. I feel like when I'm at home and anytime a pedestrian walks on the cross walk when I'm 20 ft away I get so agitated haha. But everyone here is used to it! They don't get mad or honk.

Those are the main things that I've noticed while being here for the past couple weeks, but I'm sure I'll have more by the next month! I love it and know Romania will always have a special place in my heart (just lol'd at how cheesy that was). 

A picture from the red bridge we cross everyday! 

Getting gelato with my head teacher/roommate Cammy from Betty Ice

Me, Sabrina, and Sydney in front of the cute lil church building. There are about 20 branch members, and it's so inspirational to see how dedicated they are to the church with so few of them! Definitely a testimony builder for me.

 A time-lapse of me and my 3 roommates going from our apartment to go get gelato across the street

Kara