Random Things

Yesterday Ali and I decided it was time to do our laundry, and we actually figured out how to use the German washing machine. We didn't really master it however, since we have no idea where the soap was supposed to go-there were at least 3 different places we could have put it. So we just sort of threw it in with the laundry, which was only slightly disastrous since it was a front loader, so a little bit of the powder came back at us. We had to leave pretty soon after we had put our laundry in. When we got home that afternoon we saw that someone in the family had hung our clothes up outside. I just laughed off the fact that I practically ran into my long johns-yes it's been that cold already. Not sure Ali saw the same humor in the situation that I did. Then last night, we decided to wait for the family and eat dinner with them. They had bread-shocking I know- and zacusca, which apparently is a big thing here in Romania. It's eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, onions, tomato paste, and a little bit of oil blended together to make a paste that goes on bread, or on potatoes which some people here make an entire meal out of...a giant baked potato. While it looked like something some had regurgitated up-my roommate's words, not mine- it was actually really, really good. Lastly, I would just like to say that I feel like Rocky with the amount of stairs I have to run here everyday-since I've been here I'm constantly running late and I have no idea why, hence the running up the stairs, otherwise I definitely would not be running, or even walking fast.