Hotel Nevis Oradea
Lapusului No. 2 Oradea, Transylvania, Romania
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Train to Romania - Part one
... to not fail in any way, and that included getting heat stroke. So I looked at the window, at my backpack and suddenly I smiled. Not for nothing have I raised two children. Every mother at one time or another has to come up with an alternate way to do things. I grabbed my hair straightener and used the cord to tie the window open. I was smiling like the Cheshire cat at this point, and settled back to enjoy my train ride into ...
Restaurants and Gordon Bleu
Today we wrapped up our final build day. One group from our team worked on the finishing the dry-wall in one house. Another team finished laying the concrete for a sidewalk at a second house. The third team worked on dry-wall from the group home.
We stopped working at lunch today in order to allow the Romanian Habitat team a half-free day since it's Saturday. This extra time allowed a few of us to head into Oradea to do some touristy activities.
While ...
2nd, 3rd, and 4th build days
I don't have much time to write this blog as I'm on a lunch break and finally managed to get on the WiFi.
Noble house has guests from France, a North American church group and a couple of guys who are helping out at the farm - so the WiFi gets overworked.
I will write simply that the team has worked very hard and I've received many compliments for ...
Tiling Gets Hot
We started our first build day by splitting into three groups. The first group, a team of 2 guys and a girl, went to do roof work on one of the houses. The second group, of which I was a part, laid electrical tubing into trenches around the house. The third group, which was the largest, did interior work in another house - hanging drywall and insulation.
We were joined by Habitat staff as well as homeowners and staff ...
I am because you are
We picked up the last of our teammates this morning at the Budapest airport. After just one dinner and just one breakfast, the team quickly made friends and bonded with another.
We traveled the 4 hour trip to Oradea by bus and stopped half way for lunch and to say hello to a former HFHI colleague of mine, Katie, who was returning from their GV trip to Beius. Even though they were at the end of their trip, I was struck by the instant camaraderie between the ...
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