January 11, 2012
Wow, my computer charges really fast when I plug it into 240 voltage outlets. Ha ha ha...
I'm settled now and I know where I'll be teaching, I just have a few more things I need to figure out with my fellow teachers, and then I'll be totally ready and comfortable with the idea of teaching the cute little kids... I say that now, but I'm still in my 'I love it here' mode as well, and I've heard that it only lasts for a very short time before you start to really freak out and want to go home. So we'll see how I'm feeling after my first week of teaching!
The food here is amazing, I don't think I've ever had such simple and delicious dishes before. It definitely beats all the processed food back home, sorry America. I had a rice and carrot dish with little bits of meat in it (no, I didn't ask what meat it was. It was delicious, that's all I need know) and they gave us two bowls of it, and it was so good we finished it quickly amongst ourselves. We also had a wonderful pumpkin porridge dish with our breakfast, I have yet to find a food that I just can't stand.
It's interesting, because here they have a very large lunch, and a very small, very late dinner. We're having dinner at 8 tonight, so I need to be ready to go in about half an hour for that. It seems really backwards to me, because at home we try to wait until everybody can be home to eat our biggest meal together, and that usually ends up being dinner at 5 or 6. I'm sure that if I hadn't eaten earlier, I would have had trouble waiting this long for our 'late night snack.'
Apparently the people who provide our meals love taking pictures with us, so I should have photo evidence I was here really soon.
People really don't smile here. It's weird.
I got a chance to visit the market today to buy some Kleenex and sponges, and it's so cute! They have enough things there that I'm not worried about running out of supplies any time soon, although I did not see hand sanitizer when I went. But maybe I missed it, everything is in Lithuanian after all.
Our head teacher, Dima, is really cool and nice. He is quick to explain everything he knows about Lithuanian culture and customs to us, and has been very helpful in teaching us minor Lithuanian phrases and greetings. He apparently grew up in Russia, and has family in both Russia and Lithuania, so he speaks both languages relatively well. He is more comfortable with his Russian, and has promised to give us language classes in Russian while we're here. I'm still hoping to pick up some conversational Lithuanian while I'm here as well.
Well, I need to get changed into some not pajama pants so I can be ready for dinner-snack. I'll write again soon.
Elizabeth (Zabe)
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