I had just gotten back to the house from a weekend in Chisinau and sat
down with my host mother to eat a late lunch.
She then informed me that it was ‘Professional Day’ which is a day to
relax with your coworkers, thank your boss and for your boss to thank you for
your work. She said that my host dad,
his coworkers, his boss and his colleagues from another village are having a
cookout by the lake. She said if I
wanted to go, I could.
While I was a little tired from the weekend away from home, I figured
that I needed to experience this event.
Plus I knew the food would be good and I enjoy hanging out with my host
dad’s coworkers. So I finished my lunch
and let my host dad I was on my way.
Like any event Moldovans put on, there was a huge amount of food. Grilled pork, placinta (thin bread flat and
round with cheese, potatoes, cabbage, or other foods inside), watermelon,
grilled chicken, cucumber and tomatoes salad, brinza (traditional homemade
cheese) and many other good foods. There
were seven men that worked for the gas company at the event with their children
and wives. Each of the seven men brought
a drink to share. My host dad brought
our homemade liquor, another brought homemade Champaign, and the rest brought
homemade wine. Throughout the afternoon
and evening the group sat down to the table on three different occasions to
eat, usually when a new dish came off the grill.
The one thing that I noticed that is a major cultural difference
between what I am use to and the Moldavians at the event, after the final meal
the women were cleaning up and the guys took some food to snack on and brought
out some more wine. They then said,
let’s dance and one guy turned up the music and all of the men age 35 to 62
started dancing. It was defiantly
something I was not use to. But
eventually the women came out to dance with their husbands.
Overall it was a very fun event.
I enjoyed the discussions and tasting the different people’s wines. I hope that in the future, the company I work
for/run will have some fun event like this for ‘Professional Day’.
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