I wrote a huge entry and sure enough it disconnects me right at the moment of posting. So here goes a recap. I have been traveling for the past week and a half..So I appologize for the lack of bloggage...I went to Sibiu to visit the site of a current TEFL volunteer. Sibiu is an ancient Austro-Hungarian city in the center of Transylvania. For the first time I felt as if I was in europe. Sidewalk cafes line the streets and the distinctly european aura of "live now, work later" permeated the air. The town center consists of partially decaying buildings stained various hues of faded pastel. The interesting thing about Sibiu is that a large minority of people in the city actually speak German. In fact the mayor himself is German. We got to visit a school of the current volunteer, Becka. She teaches in Lazar a highschool that is over three hundred years old. It is gorgeous. The enterance consists of a long marble hallway chock full of commemorative plaques and ominous busts of famous Romanian scholars. The mayor's wife, an english teacher at the school met our group at the door and gave us a brief tour. The library looks like it came right out of the Ivy League. Wooden bookshelves lined each wall from floor to ceiling. It was all very impressive. The highlight of the trip though, was dinner at another volunteer's house. Amy made lasgna and brownies for all of us. I think I ate 10 brownies, no joke. All in all I had a good time. Okay, now i must go...time is short! more soon, I promise.