The lamp in my room.
My rug and my feet in Costco Champion socks.
This kept me warm all winter.
My plant friend on my windowsill.
Delivering packages for vulnerable families by foot. Christmas time.
Computer center where I was assigned. These kids play Counter Strike allllll the time.
I found this kid making a snowman by the high school.
My cat.
A fall sunset in my village.
Typical tractor taking construction materials somewhere.
Enjoying a coffee with Matt.
Woman walking her cow home for the night.
Three volunteers and I in Chisinau, Moldova's capital city.
I find this building fascinating because of all these air conditioners hanging outside of the windows.
Waiting at the bus stop in our Pre Service Training village Vasieni.
Typical apartment. Telenesti.
This was actually at the Peace Corps office, right in front of the door. I had to just get a picture of him because I had never seen one before.
Our village team plays in Maxamovca. Sadly we lost in the last minutes.
An apartment building in Chisinau.
People unloading from the back of a truck. They are just returning from a long day's work in the fields.
Village kids I see everyday.
I was hoping to get a cooler picture of this lady painting her fence, but this is all I could get.
This kid on the back is one of the coolest kids ever. His name is Victor.
Moldovan wedding.
My dog Temka.
Stefan Cel Mare, the main street in Chisinau.
Little guy giving me a 'noroc' at the celebration for my PST host father's 70th birthday.
The celebration concert for the changing of the national language to Moldovan/Romanian.
People with their cell phones in hand at the concert.
Woman setting up her fruit stand near the bus station.
Our kindergarten.
Political poster.
Some villagers hanging out discussing life I assume.
The 'mountain' in our training village. We spent a lot of time taking walks to the top, and even having a bbq.
Probably the coolest day of my life.
Somebody walking the village's goats.
Cosmos hotel, Chisinau.
Central bus station.
The sign says: Beer, hot dogs, ice cream, and cigarettes.
The Nistru River.
Snail.
Factory for making thatched roofs.
Pretending to fish on this dock.
Woman working the fields.
A stand off.
Neal stressed out at our bad luck hitch hiking.
Soviet tank.
Grains at the market.
One of the many unfinished buildings in Moldova.
First concert I went to at "JUMBO" in Chisinau. The guy on the harmonica is actually our 'safety and security officer' for Peace Crops.
A memorial dinner.
This lady with the candles is the nicest woman I have ever met. Her name is Raya, and behind her in the orange shirt is my host mom Ludmila.
The packages of clothes, candy, and toys we put together to deliver to poorer populations of our village.
Attaching bells to our sleigh.
Sometimes santa has to walk. This hill was just too much for our horses.
The girl in the middle was the happiest recipient of our gifts.
New Year. Host sister Natasha on the left, host mom Ludmila right.
Host dad pouring the champagne.
The dancing begins.
Delivering some packages for Xmas.
My host sister Natasha, we went for a walk in the hills during a snow.
The sun fighting off the snow.
Boy carrying water back from the well.
Olllld truck. Many of this model exist here.
Enjoying a beer in Chisinau.
Me throwing the peace sign with the statue of Stefan Cel Mare.
Entrance to my village.
Orthodox church.
Little boy got in a fight with another boy and I happened to snap this photo.
My main man Vince in his city of Cahul.
Matt thought it would be funny to jump over a fence, but it had just been painted. Ha.
Some stray dogs. They are pretty much everywhere.
A little bit of wine for the evening.
Probably the hardest I have laughed in a long time. This is the back of a tooth brush package, translated from Chinese to English. It's probably how I sound in Romanian...
Craig. Vince and Jess made us delicious pizza!
Talking about life.
Our meeting on civic education.
Picnic in the woods for Easter.
A couple of women make their way to the center of our village.
My host mom showing me a newly born rabbit.
Probably not the best strip bar.
A spider wrapping up a bee.
My village from the hillside.
Chicken feet!
From the hillside of the village Tudora. A village in SE Moldova. Below the tree line is the Nistru River, and beyond that is Ukraine.
