The Quest

I am now living on my own!! This has made me a happy happy person. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to live with an Albanian family because it really gave me a glimpse into their culture – the food, the language, the family structures, but it was time for me to have a space of my own.

I know live on the first floor of a two floor house. It has a bedroom, a big entry way with a table and couch, a bathroom, and a kitchen. It is a great house. The kitchen is very modern and the whole place is nice. I had a bit of a struggle getting all of the electricity and water hook ups, but now I think I’m good to go.

That is my main excitement so my last few weeks have been focused around cleaning, rearranging and buying a few new things for the place. I did manage to fit in a cultural event.

I went and saw the Albanian International Opera Festival. It had entrants from countries all over the world and it ended up being won by a South Korean. He sang the song Figaro and it was awesome. It is particularly interesting because our Asian volunteers are constantly frustrated by the lack of knowledge about Asian culture here, so it was great to see an Asian winning the prize.

And I have officially fallen in love with opera. This was the first time I had ever seen an operatic song live and it was AMAZING. I’m planning to go see the Albanian opera at some point. Who knew I would join the PC and end up falling for opera.