Sunday, August 22, 2010
The last two weeks at site I have milked two cows, worked in the field (not very hard mind you, I mainly just ate home made bread with home made jam and napped all day), Went to the pool, went to the river, went to the salty springs, participated in a 24 hour religious ceremony in full traditional dress, ridden in a karuta, again, Eaten some amazing food that others made for me, and some ok food that I made for myself, sewed clothes for my neighbor’s Barbie, went to the merry cemetery (as pictured above), done some running (not as much as I said I would, of course), and eaten some ice cream (much more than I said I would). I feel like the seed of community integration has been planted, and that it is time to do some exploring before the real work begins. Tomorrow I am headed to the Hungarian region in the center of the country, to help with a camp for older kids that will focus on Peace and Environmental issues, details are pretty much non-existent. I am anticipating a bunch of really confusing trains and busses, and likely no sleep, but right now, with the trip a safe 18 hours away, I am confident that I can handle it, lets hope this confidence sticks around at least until Monday morning when I arrive. After 4 or five days at the camp I will turn 24 and then I will go celebrate that fact with some friends at a music festival, before finally returning to site. I will keep you posted.
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