Lettuce soup?

One of the neighbors brought by a huge bowl of lettuce from her garden. My MIL walks in and says we can make Ciorba de Salata. I thought to myself, lettuce soup? Yuck! Well I found a recipe (in Romanian, which I'm pleased to be able to follow) and additional ingredients include bacon, scrambled egg and sour cream. Well with bacon and sour cream it can't be too bad I'm guessing. We'll see how it turns out!

Not the best blogger

I have stumbled upon some other expat blogs which have put me to shame. I really have to blog more instead of whining to myself about not knowing anyone in Deva. I have been here almost two years now and am finding it hard to meet people locally. There are so many Americans in Romania but the only ones I have found in Deva are the Mormons. I really wouldn't mind talking to them if they could keep the conversation limited to life in Romania etc.

Nevertheless I am starting to feel more or less Romanian in many ways. When I see images of the US on the news it seems familiar yet foreign. I know---it's a contradiction in terms. In one year from now I will be eligible to apply for citizenship here so I need to get my act together and improve my Romanian grammar. I can speak fairly well now, but I still stumble over verb conjugations.( I have learned some interesting expressions, however, from listening to my mother-in-law yell at her cats) I would also like to find someone that has taken the citizenship exam to find out exactly what sort of knowledge is required.