So, here I am, in the lobby of the Hotel Magnus, blogging contentedly, enjoying the hi-speed internet and complimentary laptop use! We arrived safely Saturday evening at about 8pm. The bus ride from Bucharest to Galati was painfully tedious and boring. The bus was extremely warm with no hope of more than an occasional waft of cool air from the over-worked air-conditioning. So, we all mostly slept. I think it took us 4 hours to travel 120 kilometers. Every time I closed my eyes, I concentrated on the rhythm of the driving...it felt like we were driving over speed bumps quite frequently, down country roads, stopping for pedestrians, slowing down for in-town traffic, speeding up again, more speed bumps, and on and on it went. There is not a freeway connecting Bucharest (capital of Romania - main airport) and Galati. We just drove through the countryside then through towns on regular streets.
Our room has really cold air-conditioning - actually colder than at home!! I slept really well. There doesn't seem to be a shortage of hot water. We're heading in to breakfast in about 5 minutes...then a team meeting...then we'll load our entire e3 team into vans and head to Emmanuel Christian Church. So far, so good. I'll try to start taking pictures of places and people today and upload later.
