Blogs from Indiana, United States, North America - page 35

Well, all our bags are packed and we're ready to go. We moved out of our apartment. We sold our cars. All of our stuff is sitting in boxes in my parents' basement...things are looking pretty permanent. We've been staying with my parents here in Richmond the last couple of days. It's been nice to hang out with the sister and parents, as well as visit with my extended family. We're leaving the house bright and early tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. :O Tonight, Lori insisted that we go get some Dairy Queen before we left. (I'm not sure if this was for our benefit or for hers) It was a good idea either way. :) We'll be spending the next couple days in D.C. before heading out to St. Lucia on Friday. We're pretty psyched...its ... read more

We are leaving on Monday, so we’ve been spending the last few days getting everything ready and trying to anticipate what we’re going to need when we get to Sweden. We’ve also been going through the guidebooks and trying to decide what things we want to do and see when we get to Stockholm. I lean more toward history and museums and scenic areas, while my husband is more interested in the people and the contemporary culture. We’ve been using the DK Eyewitness Guide to Sweden and the Rough Guide to Sweden. The DK has nice color photographs and good maps. I’m a sucker for the DK guides because of the sumptuous pictures and the cut-away diagrams of the big buildings. The Rough Guide has more descriptions, more words at least, so the two seem ... read more

It's July, and the 26-days-til-departure countdown is on! We recieved staging information last night, and will be spending the 26th and 27th in Washington, D.C. preparing for departure with our fellow new volunteers, then heading to St. Lucia on the 28th for our first 3 weeks of training. We'll be living with a family there, and attending classes on health and safety, language and culture, and learning the skills we'll need to do our yet-to-be-exactly-determined jobs while we're there :) After the initial 3 weeks we'll be told where we'll be spending the following 26 months, and head there for another 7 weeks of training. It's a little strange not to know, but kind of exciting too. Peace Corps works in 6 island nations in the West Indies (Eastern Caribbean) region, including 11 islands, one of ... read more

¡Hola! i'm fairly new at this whole blogging thing. i'm simply making an entry so that they won't terminate my account. i will be heading to Lima, Peru in August so look out for some entries from me en agosto. Hasta pronto. ... read more

Day 43 Brazil, IN to Knightstown, IN Total Miles: 90.0 (2957.3 miles to date) We had some trouble getting into gear this morning since I wanted breakfast and went in search of it and we also ended up pretty tired from last night since we had neglected to account for the time zone change which robbed us of an hour of sleep. By the time we got going though the ride was pleasant and the weather was also really enjoyable (partly cloudy and only going into the 80s for the day). Despite having all of these things going for us we were still having a hard time believing that we had only gone some 30 miles by 11am. We are shooting for about 50 by 12-1ish so that was a bummer. But after a quick stop ... read more