Tessa is awesome. She used to play rugby. She reminds me of Uma Thurman in her Kill Bill days. Tessa shares my appreciation for Genti, aka Albanian Batman, aka Liam Neeson (per his very particular set of skills). She's the kind of person you want in your training group, because she'll speak up and talk for the whole group, while you space off and strategize how to take a shower and ask for toilet paper when you get home to your host family. Tessa will do great things in Albania, I'm sure of it.
That's our school in the background. I'm there for my workdays every weekday for the next 9ish weeks. It's also full of young Albanian students in elementary grades. Here are some more pics of the school:
My training sessions look like this:
I'm getting into more of a routine now. It's good. Time spent with my host family is always worthwhile. Tonight we had spinach byreks for dinner. The byrek ("book" minus the "k" plus "wreck," sort of) is a popular pastry food that is ubiquitous here. It's essentially a warm pie pouch. It's one of my favorite new things here.
Today I took a shower (no small task) when I got home from training, and then I went into the dining area with Emin and Hanko. I thought I may have showered through dinner. I couldn't be sure, because Eddie was gone. So communication was very limited.
Hanko came in with a big plate of byreks--the first I'd had in her home (the others I'd had were from stands in the village and in Tirana). She let me have one as a snack.
So, so, so good! I didn't used to like olives. Now I do.
Oh, and I can't forget this: I found Brenda (she was in my textbook--see the episode from 01/24/2018):
Ajo quhet Brenda.
(Her name is Brenda.)
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