Wednesday, September 13, 2006

En Route: From NYC to South Africa





5pmish June 13th JFK. How much luggage can 30 people carry?! Granted the task of trying to pack for 2 years is a little challenging. From the minute we got to the Delta terminal, ignoring our porters under breath cursing, I could already tell it would be a long day. Unfortunately for them, the Delta Air crew, there would be 2 Peace Corps groups flying out that day. The South Africa-Lesotho-group was about an hour behind us, and maybe they wouldn’t be over their weight restrictions. Yikes!
Twenty something hours in the air and brief layover in Dakar, the crew was as anxious to get rid of us as we were to get off that plane.
5pmish June 14th Johannesburg. I have never been greeted with wine and cheese in a lobby before, until just then. Apparently Peace Corps does good business; the night before arriving in Madagascar we were well fed, well liquored and well cared for. Cheers!

Start: Philly


Started in Philly, 30 strong, idealistic, and ambitious and naïve. AmQ gave us THE tour, and her family fed us the finest cheese steaks, beers and freshly cut fruits in their remodeled Quaker house (that was a bonus). A famous author used to live there, I forget his name but he had great taste.


Two days, 13 hours of pre-training, Sheila Lee, great food, running around, last minute financial and academic details, un-packing over packed bags, freaking out and re-packing the same bags, finally…..on to JFK.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Hello....hello....


I know. I've taken some time off. Not intentionally and no worries I found an internet cafe close by. I will be back online with pleanty of stories and pictures to more than make up for the absence. See you in 2 weeks!!

A bien tot.