Happy Monday and all that jazz! I can't believe the amount of views my blog got already it's amazing I couldn't wait to write more today haha. Hopefully yous will find this post a lot more interesting.
So in June myself and my friend Shauna traveled to Moldova to volunteer there for a month.
In July 2013 I volunteered to go to South Africa and it was one of the best experiences of my life. So when Shauna asked me did I want to go to Moldova I didn't even think twice!
Although as it got closer the time I was so nervous I had never left home for a month before and I'm a bit of a home bird. There was so many thoughts in my head but I decided to suck it up and on the 17th of June off we went ☺️
We stayed with a host family in a block of apartments, they were so nice to us and couldn't of been more welcoming. They couldn't speak English at all so it was hard at first. I always wanted to live in 'The Flats' for some weird reason but when the lift doesn't work after a certain hour and you come home drunk and have to climb 9 sets of stairs you quickly change your mind!
We started our Romanian language lessons the next day, this was possibly the funniest thing about Moldova I just couldn't get the hang of it and I sounded so funny, we did 10 lessons and learned the basics hello, how are you? Goodbye etc. I was so proud of myself when I finished the lessons, I never in a million years thought I'd be learning Romanian.
We worked in a day care centre for children with disabilities. A lot of the children had autism. Everyday me and Shauna would go to the day centre and join in on whatever the kids were doing. They played games and had DVD time. Nobody could speak English so there was a big language barrier this made it hard but some how we managed to build a real good relationship with the children and I miss them everyday.
I have no even words for the night life in Moldova it was crazy haha. A 70cl of vodka was €2.50 and a bottle of wine was only €1.20 honestly I don't know how I came back alive! We went out most
weekends with other volunteers and we always had a good/random night.
We made millions of friends in Moldova there were volunteers from all over the world. I loved hearing everyone's story how they ended up in Moldova and what they did at home and what they were studying in college.
The month went so quick and before we knew it, it was home time. I couldn't wait to get home and see my family and friends but at the same time I was really sad leaving my Moldova family, the day centre and the volunteers.
If you are young and want to travel and your scared, one bit of advice id give you is to just do it. Dont think too much into it. You will not regret it. I defiantly don't regret my two experiences and I have 100's of memories that i'l remember for the rest of my life.
"Travel while your young and able, don't worry about money just make it work"
Love
Danielle x
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