Another day in Washington, DC... Another 7 hours of meeting in the hotel conference room. We learned a lot of additional things about the peace corps today, as well we finally found out more info about what exactly we will be doing once we arrive in Costa Rica.
Things are going great now. Just had lunch at the hotel restaurant, and enjoyed the last Reuben sandwich I will probably have for the next two years. Lately there have been alot of "lasts for the next two years" but there soon will be a lot of firsts.
We will be leaving the hotel extremely early in the morning to leave for our flight. So that is all for now. Goodbye America ! Hello Costa Rica !
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
Staging
First stop : Washington, DC. I arrived in DC this afternoon after a ridiculously long series of flights due to the snow storm in the north east. Once I finally arrived in DC I found out they lost my baggage and had to then wait in line for 45 minutes to fill out a claims form. With no luggage I took a taxi to the hotel. During the taxi ride I received a call half way to the hotel saying they just found my luggage, so I then needed to go back to the airport to pick up the luggage. Oh man, Oh man the joys of traveling. But anyways I made it slightly late to the first set of Peace Corps meeting in the hotel, but it wasn't really a problem.
My training group consists of approximately 5 guys and 13 girls. As well as one couple. All of the trainees seem to be 25 and under and everyone seemed really nice. We started off the meeting with introductions, general peace corps information, and other getting to know each other events. Nothing to crazy for the first day. Tommorow we start at 8:30 am and go till 6pm that should be a long day. After that we leave Wednesday morning at 3:30 to the airport to leave to Costa Rica.
Right now I am feeling pretty excited, but still feeling slightly depressed in having to leave everyone back in New York. But I know everything will work out alright and I will soon be hanging out in sunny Costa Rica as opposed to a dreary Holiday Inn in Washington, DC.
Anyways that is all for now.
My training group consists of approximately 5 guys and 13 girls. As well as one couple. All of the trainees seem to be 25 and under and everyone seemed really nice. We started off the meeting with introductions, general peace corps information, and other getting to know each other events. Nothing to crazy for the first day. Tommorow we start at 8:30 am and go till 6pm that should be a long day. After that we leave Wednesday morning at 3:30 to the airport to leave to Costa Rica.
Right now I am feeling pretty excited, but still feeling slightly depressed in having to leave everyone back in New York. But I know everything will work out alright and I will soon be hanging out in sunny Costa Rica as opposed to a dreary Holiday Inn in Washington, DC.
Anyways that is all for now.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Costa Rica !
Costa Rica ! That is where I will be starting February 28, 2007 for the next 27 months. It is pretty crazy that this has all finally come together. I began the whole application process December 2005 and finally January 2007 I was fully cleared and offered an assignment.
It has been a long time since I have update my blog, but there simply wasn't much else to interesting going on in my life since the last update. This past November I ran the NYC Marathon and then in December I spent two weeks in Jamaica with some of my friends, just hangin in Negril then living it up for another week in Montego Bay. On the work side of things I have been substitute teaching in NYC, which has been a great experience.
On February 26, I will leave from Westchester County Airport to Washington, DC to head to my staging event. Then two days later we will leave from there to San Jose, Costa Rica.
Right now I am pretty excited about the whole impending experience, while at the same time not looking forward to saying (temporary) goodbye to my family, friends and my overall life here in New York.
Depending on my internet access, hopefully I will be able to update this blog at least once a week with my adventures in Costa Rica. Although my job assignment as a "Rural Community Developer" may not bring me close to local coffee shops with Wi-fi Hotspots, but we'll see.
Anyways that is all for now... Less then two weeks to go.....
It has been a long time since I have update my blog, but there simply wasn't much else to interesting going on in my life since the last update. This past November I ran the NYC Marathon and then in December I spent two weeks in Jamaica with some of my friends, just hangin in Negril then living it up for another week in Montego Bay. On the work side of things I have been substitute teaching in NYC, which has been a great experience.
On February 26, I will leave from Westchester County Airport to Washington, DC to head to my staging event. Then two days later we will leave from there to San Jose, Costa Rica.
Right now I am pretty excited about the whole impending experience, while at the same time not looking forward to saying (temporary) goodbye to my family, friends and my overall life here in New York.
Depending on my internet access, hopefully I will be able to update this blog at least once a week with my adventures in Costa Rica. Although my job assignment as a "Rural Community Developer" may not bring me close to local coffee shops with Wi-fi Hotspots, but we'll see.
Anyways that is all for now... Less then two weeks to go.....
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