Hey everyone! So before I begin I want to start by saying that what is said in this blog is NOT AN OFFICIAL PEACE CORPS VIEW. IT HOLDS MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS AND IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE US GOVERNMENT OR OF PEACE CORPS.
ok now that that is said, I would like to write a brief update on how things are going. After the 25 hour travel time to Mongolia all 75 of us came to stay in a school dorm for the first week. there were two showers for all 75 of us and there usually wasn't hot water. But at least there were showers!!! I now live with my host family and live in a ger while my host live in a house. I call them my hashaa (yard) family.
Whats it like living in a ger you ask? Well it is quite interesting! My ger is pretty darn big, and has beautiful paintings on it. I have my bed, a closet, a place to wash my face/brush teeth, a night stand, desk and stove fire. Its fun to wake up and see all of it first thing in the m0rning! Also, the ger gets very very warm if you can get a nice fire going (which i am still trying to figure out...suggestions are welcome) My host family has been SOOOO sweet! They make sure I am well fed and warm and comfortable!
Speaking of being well fed...lets talk about the food situation!
Mostly my family makes fresh pasta and cooks it with chopped up meat, potatoes, onions and sometimes bell peppers. It is sometimes a stew, sometimes a dry dish but always very tasty! They also put ketchup on most of their dishes! Also they make these super yummy dumplings called bootz and a deep fried dough with meat stuff in it....needless to say i am doing well fattening up for the Mongolian winter. There is alot of deep fried dough in their dishes...my favorite is the one with tons of sugar on it (YUM!)
Oh and I am in a really small town (2,000 people) in a beautiful country side with tons of cows and other farm-like animals...i got to fed a baby goat (so cute)! I can walk everywhere (to school or other volunteer's gers) which is really cool.
Ok well that is all for now! I will try to update as much as I can! Hope all is well in the states! oh and let me know if there is something you want me to write about!
Miss everyone so much!
ellie
