Dear Friends – I’ve now made it to Romania! After an emotional few days of goodbyes in Tashkent, we all boarded our seperate planes and went our seperate ways. It has worked out that 4 Uzbekistan volunteers have been able to transfer here. We stayed at a hotes in Bucharest last night, and today we will be meeting the other volunteers who arrived here about a week ago. In general, this is all simply overwhelming. Already I can tell that this country will be very different than Uzbekistan; the flavor, archicecture, dress and people are all different. And Bucharest has McDonalds, KFC and Pizza Hut, something lacking (though not perhaps lacking) in Tashkent. I mention that in particular because before I left Uzbekistan, I read a great book, “Fast Food Nation,” certainly a good read about the contempoarty fast food industry and its impact on American life. Okay well the new Country Director just called me up to go meet with my new program manager. More soon!

Thanks for the support,