04 June 2007

And in the morning, my bathroom smells like ham

This disturbed me the first couple days, as I am unused to a pork-scented WC. For the first few days I tried to find where the smell was coming from, and started to bleach the usual areas. Then I thought it was because I left the window open at night for ventilation, so I closed the window. No change. So now I just pretend that I have a communal bath with Link Hogthrob, Ms. Piggy, and Porky Pig.

Other news of interest:

I learned that the rows of exposed switches above my door are my circuit breakers, especially the one that controls my fridge, which likes to trip. Thank goodness I do shopping on a bi-daily basis.

I had my water meter check. Here's a fun joke: How many Vranjeans does it take to check my water meter? 6 people. One read the meter, one held the flashlight, and the other 4 just wanted to get a look at the foreigner. At least, thats what I assumed they were. I think one was my landlady, but since I've only seen her twice, I had to go on assumption.

Been learning far too much about CEFTA, EPZ, FTZ, BW, SEZ and whole lotta acronyms that make even less sense. Thank goodness I took an Econ course, otherwise I'd have to rely on my experience from that time I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. (end bad joke)

Today I get to meet with some of the municipality leaders, tomorrow Kosovo, and the next day Macedonia for a football game with all the muni leaders of the areas we work.

Also on our discussion: What happens to our projects if Serbia continues to turn away from Europe and starts turning towards Russia for influence.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

So, did they ask you to pose for a picture during the water meter installation or did they surreptitiously use their phone cameras to capture your exotic image???