First Impression

I got to South Carolina fine. We stayed at the leader, Brian Briley's house for the first night and it was pretty interesting. Three guys stayed there, me I got to sleep in the teenage daughter's room, very pink. The other two guys shared a pull out couch which was not comfy. They didn't know each other before that. The next day was orientation at the church. I met everyone and they are really great. Such nice people. I stayed with Jeremy, one of the pull out couch guys, at a hosts house. It was great. We played nintendo Wii, ate at Moe's (awesome Southwestern chain in the South), played Guitar Hero, ate awesome kettle corn, went to Walmart, and watched Nacho Libre. We also ate the BEST breakfast I've ever had. I didn't know the other host families, but ours was easily the best. It was so great and amazing to have them host us before we left.

I'm safely here in Targu Mures and it's everything I hoped. The town
is beautiful. I've been snapping a lot of pictures of the town and the
houses, and everything I think that looks interesting. I'm currently
eating dinner in a guests house. The time difference is crazy. The
town center is amazing and everyone here is just a little difference.
I never thought I'd be in Europe. We landed in Munich and I started
acting nuts. The fact that I'm in Europe is insane. I can't believe
it. The flight over was actually pretty good. We had our own TV screen
and I watched 27 dresses and 10000 BC. Also, the TV had a map of our
plane and where we were at. I was hypnotized by that thing. It was
amazing to see that we were flying over London and Paris and
Newfoundland. I sat in the middle of a 5 person row, but there was a
Romanian lady and we practiced my speaking. I'm getting really really
good!! The plane to Bucharest was pretty fun, I talked to a guy who
told me I could have a girlfriend in Romania and in the States too. It
was actually really funny. We got here and it was crazy. Romania is so
different. The cars, the people, the money, the clothes, the attitude.
I've been soaking everything in. We rode a bus for 6 hours to TM and
we got to see the country side. By the way, I made a vow not to sleep
from Wednesday until Thursday night here to get over the jet lag. We
got to town and it is really nice. We walked around last night and I
started to feel like I was going to pass out on the street both
because I was tired and my ears didn't pop right and I was off
balance. Everything with that is fine now. I sacked out last night.
Today we shopped around for some weird food and some European shoes.
The experience is great. THe people I am with are great and I'm
becoming good friends with my guy roommates. Our room is perfect. I
expected a dungeon, but I got a great house. Amazing.

I promise to post lots of pictures very soon. They are much better than me talking about Romania.

Next week is work week. Then its orphan time. I will update, post pictures, and do lots of talking to you folks as time goes on. Feel free to comment on my blog because 1. you can and 2. I will respond to you.

Te iubesc Romania.