Hello everyone! These last couple of weeks have been very busy for me. Not to mention that internet is not always accessible to me. I apologize for not posting sooner.
My PST site is becoming more and more familiar to me as time goes on. Much of my free time outside of PST is exploring the community I live in. Pretty much every other day I walk with other vollunteers in the main town area and out into the farmland of Albania. It's very beautiful here. My site is very modern in the town center and it feels like the further I walk out from the center the older it becomes. It isn't uncommon to see people riding mules and carriages around. The culture here is thousands of years old and it is clearly evident in the mannerisms of the people.
Time is viewed differently here. In America everything is rushed. People are always rushing to meet deadlines and move from one activity to the next. Here people take more time to be intimate with each other. It is acceptable and almost expected to be late due to catching up with colleagues and friends. Family coincidently is also much more intimate here. Throughout the day and night my host family is calling and receiving calls from their family members. In addition, the family spends most of their time together in one room. When I return from school, I spend multiple hours with my host family. We talk, watch T.V. and sometimes do homework together. They're very kind and helpful. I consider them my in country mom and dad and call them that. Over these past two weeks I've becoming better at talking with them. I can understand Shqip more and speak it a lot better. I can have basic conversations and explains general ideas. It's feels good to make progress with such a difficult language! Thats all for now until next time!
I'll try to upload some recent photos of me in Albania! You can also check out my facebook for more photos!
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