Well this is it…hours away from meeting my fellow future PCVs (Peace Corps Volunteers). We’ll be rounded up to complete a few formalities, orientation, and undoubtedly some awkward icebreakers. A night on the town, perhaps? And then tomorrow…on to Romania! What an exciting time. I can’t wait to meet my comrades and to get this [...]

Well here I am, two weeks from departure. What a crazy adventure this has been already! For those of you who don’t know (anyone? anyone?), I am off to Romania for a 27-month stint with the Peace Corps. I’ve been asked more than once, “Why Romania?” Well…I don’t have a great answer to that, other [...]