Romanian Class

On Thursday (3 days ago), I attended my first formal Romanian class. Despite myself, I was a bit nervous beforehand and B sweetly walked me to class, which is not very far from our place. When I first arrived, we were all asked to gather in one classroom and based on the chatter, I became more nervous as those chattering around me seemed all able to speak Romanian fairly well. Fortunately, once we split up into the Beginner (me), Intermediate, and Advanced classes, I felt more comfortable since the other 6 students in my class seem more or less on my level. Our teacher seems pretty nice and was good at getting everyone to participate. I am the only American in the class, the others are Greek, Italian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Polish, and Turkish. Most seemed to be in Romania for employment. Since it was the first meeting, we met only for one hour instead of two and I found myself walking home with the woman from Poland. It turns out she lives pretty close to us as she is the wife of the Ambassador from Poland and their Embassy and the Ambassador's residence are a couple blocks from our street. She was very nice, but I am sure she will excel in this class as she already speaks Polish, English, French, and Russian! We will meet twice a week for two hours each session until mid-March. I hope this allows me to get a bit more proficient with my Romanian and helps to pass my time. My one regret is that I wish the classes were during the day when B was at the archives instead of the evening, but all in all, I think it will be a good experience. -S