Hope I have uploaded pics to this posting.  But I doubt it.       

 I’m just learning how to add pictures.  Apparently my last blog didn’t include pictures.  Here’s another try   Rovshen, our host father’s– small store.  Our house is behind the store–you can see the roof. Our Language Clusters in our backyard or on our balcony.  Dorothy, Mariko, and Suzanne, Bill, Todd, Suzanne, and Todd, Margaret and Bonnie.  We are, of course, [...]

I can’t believe we have arrived.  Everything has been very well organized except they haven’t allowed us much time to get connected to the internet.  There are internet cafes around, but women don’t generally go to them.  There is not inter net at our host family’s house.  We have been very busy.  I AM learning [...]

This Saturday Bill and I will be boarding a train to Qazax for a site visit.  This is clear across the country and quite an adventure for us.  It’s called the night train–leaving Sumqait in the evening and arriv ing in Qazax early in the morning.  We will stay in a kupe which is a [...]

We’ve started!  After getting the best hugs from the finest friends and family anyone could ask for, we’ve arrived in Philly for staging.  Two days in which we’ve been given much info about the PC (Peace Corps) operation, met the 61 other PCTs (Peace Corps Trainees)  who are also part of the AZ6 (6th group to [...]

Well Katie and Juan (and unpaid staff) put together an absolutely lovely wedding.  No hurricane threats could put a damper on the big event.  Everyone looked so beautiful, it was my golden opportunity to take lots of family pics to Azerbaijan.  Alas, the battery went dead after 5 shots, so I won’t be able to [...]

Bill and I are finishing up chores, filling out paperwork, and trying to figure out what to pack for our 27 month stint in the peace corps.  Can this really be happenin????