So, I’m here in Mayen and have been since last Friday. (and I apologize in advance for any typos caused by the crazy German keyboards here…) The town is beautiful, only about 20,000 people living here and in the surrounding area. We had a little city tour on Monday and Read More …
Wow, so my time in London is drawing to a close. I leave this city in T-minus 7 hours. Yup yup, after much frustration and running around yesterday I got my Eurostar chunnel ticket (cheaper than at home, too. that’s a first) and a reservation for my train from Brussels Read More …
Hello all, as you may or may not know…I’m back abroad, for round two. In short, I arrived in Europe on Tuesday evening (supposed to be morning, but that’s another story) and I’m here until November 9th. My time is going to be split between travelling on my own for Read More …
Ok, I only have 9 minutes so here it goes: I arrived in London at 10:30 last night. Checked into my hostel, slept. Now I’m going to hit up a museum or two before heading out to Keith’s. I was supposed to arrive yesterday morning and be in Dublin, but Read More …
I stopped and talked to the peace corps recruiter, she was really friendly and helpful. We had a nice chat, and it looks like I don’t have fill out my application until next fall. Otherwise my application will sit on a shelf and I’ll have to try and contact them Read More …
and I made my mom cry. Not exactly the response I was hoping for (or expecting). I guess it was a combination of things that she wasn’t really sure about, (ie- safety of volunteers) and the fact that it’s something that she would have loved to do at my age. Read More …
After doing my own research online for the last few weeks, I finally managed to make it in to the campus peace corps office. Unfortunately, the recruiter wasn’t there. I did pick up some slick informational brochures and find out when she will be there, so I can arrange a Read More …