Romania Week 28 - Just a little bit longer...

Hello everybody,
There is good news and bad news... the good news... this is email will be relatively short... the bad news. It won’t be my last one! Due to my second colleague having to go home a touch early (yesterday), I will be staying on until March 1st to help the new volunteers settle in! They arrived yesterday and we have had a busy old weekend getting around town and returning the hire car, which we used to pick them up....
This has been along week with no out of the ordinary activities taking place, just routine socialising, and lots of working, so I won't bore you all too much about that. Life in Romania has returned to winter with -6 temperatures, but clear blue skies, so sunglasses are still required! The horse and cart parade continues to remove the rubble form the old bus station, after it was knocked down, and winter salads are still made solely of tomatoes.... the also pork remains delicious!

English classes continue with the kids on the street and my table tennis career (at my Hungarian neighbour's home) is still thriving as I remain unbeaten.... but Naomi (12) is giving me a real good run for my money! I have never seen a girl her age have such skills in all sports!!!
I am hoping to have a rather big leaving party at the local disco... as I can't possibly leave without dancing to (yet another) Chris Rea tune! My Romanian driving skills have also improved as I now have been able to render the brake completely unnecessary.... and the biggest 'on road' danger still is passing a horse & cart! Life rumbles on, and with a few extra minutes of sunlight each night, I make actually leave work in some form of light! Bring on the new volunteers reactions to the hospital conditions....

...and yeah, just in case those sadistic Man UTD fans are wondering if I followed the football this weekend, I'll just say this....I know Liverpool embarrassed themselves this weekend against Barnsley, and I'm big enough to say well done on beating arsenal 4-0, fair enough, and.... I hope you get stuffed in the next round

Regards from Romania
Dan