Entry 2- 19 Veniri, Junie 2009

The first week felt like almost a month. The daily challenge of uncertainty, combined with the volume of language intake and the rigor of the PC training schedule made everything appear rapid and immensely slow all at the same time. I was struggling with dizzy spells all last week but they are definitely lessoning this week. It is astonishing how much language we are taking in because we have four hours of language training a day and we are living with host families. The first week was filled with tons of simple victories like successfully interacting with people in the village or using simple phrases around the house. Now that we are in the second week the expectations have stiffened due to the sheer volume of things we should know how to say (ie. verbs to have, to want to be able to…). This week however has been more frustrating because we should know how to say a variety the recall is simply not there yet. Everyday there are moments where you simply desire to give up, go to your room and shut the door--this I will not do. Below are pictures of my LTI (language trainers) and a great pgoto of the public transportatyion in Moldova , which consists of minibuses with a few seats and literally unliited capacity.