Summary of the past two months. Pt II

Hi Everyone,

Well I managed to reach week two unscathed. I was that knackered when I reached the weekend that I went to bed at 9.30pm Friday and didn't wake up for 12 hours. Spent he weekend exploring the city. There are some lovely buildings here, beautiful old things (much like you Tiz).

Went to the former dictators palace (can't spell Ceauceascu). It is enormous and lavishly decorated with marble, ok and gold everywhere. It is now the people's parliament there, but you can rent rooms in the place for banquets, receptions etc. Thought I might have a bit of a do in there, some balloons, play pass the parcel, that sort of thing.

Work coninues to be hectic. No one warned me I would have to work in this job. The office is not one of the lovely old buildings. In fact it is a concrete 9 floor monstrosity. As you know I am partial to the odd damp patch, but the walls in the office look like they could supply Campbells soups with all the mushrooms they need. No smoking is allowed in the office, but it allowed in the corridors etc. So everytime you leave your room your pass through a cloud of smoke and it also keeps drifting into the offices. No standing outside the perimiters of the building to smoke in Romania!

On Sunday I found an English bar so watched the Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd matches live. It was strange to see the sun shining at home and yet it as dark outside here.

Well I had better return to some work. I am interviewing the third of four candidates for the full time translators job this morning. Then this afternoon I am off to the British Embassy to meet the Ambassador, Quinton Quayle (if he is not gay with a name like that I'll run through Bucharest naked singing "My Ding a Ling").

Look after yourselves.

Love

Andrew xx