The small mountain town of Višegrad isn’t exactly a standard tourist destination but it is famous (at least in certain circles) as the setting of The Bridge on the Drina, a novel by Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić. Almost no … Continue reading →
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To fly over the steppes of Central Asia to Bosnia and Herzegovina is to gain an appreciation for trees; specifically the fact that there are still a good number of trees on the rest of our planet. The hills around … Continue reading →
Back in August, Corinne and I used the remaining twenty-six days of our annual leave (fastidiously squirreled-away two days per month at a time). We visited a place that most people from our part of the world are, at best, … Continue reading →
Hi!!!!! We’re back from our three and a half week of travelling around Eastern Europe/The Balkans and Nick is working on a blog post, but how do you scrunch 3 1/2 weeks into a post? He’s trying to answer the … Continue reading →
For the next four weeks Nick and I will be traveling through the Balkans. Just in case you’re thinking… where in the heck is that?!… Nick has put together a few pictures that should help! 1. Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina … Continue reading →
So… today Nick and I took a trip to a clinic in Karaganda (think more like sketchy hospital). At first when I spoke with our PCMO (Peace Corps Medical Officer) I thought I was going to get off easy by … Continue reading →
Long time no see! A lot has happened since Camp GLOW in Karkaralinsk, but then our blog was blocked for a while, but we’re BACK and my energy has been restored!! A few updates! Right after Camp GLOW in Karkaralinsk … Continue reading →
I just got back from my most favorite week in Kazakhstan. My friend Hannah just put on the most amazing women’s leadership camp. A large part of why this week was the best ever was that each girl brought something … Continue reading →
Well, Camp GLOW ended a while back, but I’m feeling better and better about it as the weeks progress. Here is a a video summarizing a little about the camp and the song was created by a group of awesome … Continue reading →
The weather is cloudy, but I’m trying to keep a sunny disposition (the cloudy part of this post is much longer than the sunny part, but just try to make it through). Recently, the past four weeks, I’ve been struggling. … Continue reading →
So… a lot of people have been asking about the Flat Stanley project and holy cow was it super successful this year! First, you can find more information here. But I can tell you how I’ve been doing it for … Continue reading →
A lot has happened in the last 16 days… Went to a conference in Astana Nick turned 26! Camp GLOW (in Kgan) was funded by the US Embassy! The toe tricked me into thinking it was healed and I did … Continue reading →
Here are my kiddos in action! Enjoy! We’ll be singing this along with 2 other songs at the Last Bell Ceremony, which is like graduation for the 11th graders. ;)
We’ve missed three Mother’s Days since we’ve lived overseas… and there is nothing worse then missing special time with your family. Mom, I love you and hope you had a great day… next year, we’re making it up to ya.
If you’ve looked lately at our grant for Camp GLOW you’ll see IT’S BEEN FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you SO much for all of your help! We cannot tell you enough how much you’ve helped (by your donations) to change the … Continue reading →
Today the Country Director came to school with me and Nick and observed two of our lessons. Before he came for the 5th grade class, my counterpart was teaching them about using the third tense of verbs and using “Have … Continue reading →
Here are pictures from the Teacher Training for teachers from Karaganda Oblast that took place at Murager last weekend. Enjoy!
This past weekend, Karaganda hosted the PDM conference for Karaganda and Pavlodar Oblast(s). This conference is designed to help PCVs and Counterparts to create and design a project from scratch in order to best implement it at their sites. Sometimes … Continue reading →
1. So… parades are kind of awesome/terrible… It’s really a crapshoot… but sometimes, you get a true winner. This past Nauryz… this girl was on top of a four story float and she had really beautiful butterfly-like arms… and it … Continue reading →
1. Teacher Trainings (especially in the summer!!). Teacher trainings are awesome because you can be fun and entertaining and see a difference side of teachers… It’s awesome to make them smile! 2. ”Riding” on a camel is also pretty sweet. … Continue reading →
1. Being able to recreate dishes from America that are super tasty!!! Nick requested pineapple upsidedown cake for his first birthday is Kaz… WHA-LA! **also, Mom’s bean dip… SO. GOOD. 2. Hosting Ghosty-s (A Ghosty is an event where people … Continue reading →
1. Do you see a line of cars outrageously decorated or hear a lot of car horns honking for no apparent reason??? It’s probably a wedding!!! I love weddings in Kazakhstan. It’s something that grows on you. In the summer … Continue reading →
1. Recently, Nick and I attended a HUGE parade for the celebration of the Kazakh New Year. We were taking pictures of the horses and the boys dressed in gold, when all of a sudden, BAM! American Gorilla starting walking … Continue reading →
A must read. Take a minute and read this. It is the blog of a fellow PCV in Kazakhstan. She lives in the south and this is a story from her experience in Kazakhstan.
1. Novelty. This was the class I did my “unit plan” with in training. It was an 11th grade and I’m pretty sure we did an ecology unit based out of the terrible textbook called “Eye-AP-oh-va.” One of the most … Continue reading →
1. Absentee Ballot Voting! We got to vote during training for President! It was super sweet. We also got to use the diplomatic pouch to send it back to America… who get’s to do that? 2. Kids that inspire. My … Continue reading →
Alright, so Nick and I have well over 50 gigs of pictures from the last 3 years in Kazakhstan… I am going to put together a series of posts… I’ll try for two per week, but who knows… each post … Continue reading →
Last night we had our first girls’ night in Karaganda! We ate pizza, played Phase 10 Masters, played Rummikube, made brownie sundaes and just had a good time. It’s nice after two years to be able to hang out with … Continue reading →
I was invited to a Student/Teacher Training/Seminar in a town near Karaganda that was organized by one of my students and my counterpart last week. One of my students wrote a grant for submission to the US Embassy. Her proposal … Continue reading →
1. Open face sandwiches at a teacher training 2. Delicious salads, the one on the right, when all mixed together… tasted slightly Mexican. Seriously, if I had tortilla chips that would have been GONE. 3. Meat spread. 4. Jamilya’s Birthday … Continue reading →
So… this past week, three people from Karaganda TV came to my school to videotape one of my classes. That was awesome… my kids thought I was a rock star. Then, they asked, “Can we come to your apartment too?” … Continue reading →
This past weekend Nick and I were invited to Pavlodar for the the 2nd Annual Winter Olympics among PCVs in the Karaganda/Pavlodar Oblasts (regions). Nick had A LOT of lessons on Friday (which turned into a crappy seminar) so he … Continue reading →
February: -my counterpart RETURNS yay! -heading to Pavlodar for work with Shannon’s kiddos and the second annual K-gan vs Pav Winter Olympics -need to find a place in K-gan to make t-shirts for 50th PC Anniversary … Continue reading →
Last week I started Despicable Me in my English and Video class (it is our first attempt at Movie-oake, which is actually hysterical). I just finished the worksheet for the second part of the movie and there is one section … Continue reading →
Crap. In the last post… I was suppose to post pictures of our recent homemade food experiments, but didn’t because the post got too long… so here they are now! Enjoy! This is our homemade Alton Brown Meatloaf. I never … Continue reading →
So, yesterday, Nick and I trekked off to school on a Saturday (GAH!) to sell Candy Grams to the kiddos at school. I was super nervous that those who had wanted to buy them… had.. and that there wouldn’t be … Continue reading →
I remember back in middle school when the school council would sell Candy Grams. I remember hoping that I’d get one (knowing that at least I had to get one from my girlfriends, but secretly hoping to get one from … Continue reading →
I love this time of night when I can look out my kitchen window and see how beautiful the snow and sky are… plus the lights from the other apartments… so pretty. I love all the kiddos dressed in their … Continue reading →
*we have a Peace Corps Kaz policy that if there are more than 8 Americans together we must call someone on the staff to let them know… just in case* “Hello, Staff Member (name omitted)? It’s Corinne, just letting you … Continue reading →
So, tomorrow is the first teacher training that I will ever give in Kazakhstan that doesn’t have “music” in the title. I can’t believe it… there may be some creditability to my being an English teacher after all… I mean, we’ll see … Continue reading →
Imagine all of this happening in Russian (and my best conversations have been 5 minute long ones with kids)… I walk 20 minutes to the Post Office. “Do you have big envelopes?” -me “Go to the window down there…” -lady … Continue reading →
Alright, I LOVE doing projects in Kazakhstan… it’s kind of how I keep sane, while still teaching English to little kiddos. January: Flat Stanley (we’ve got 35 people WOOT!) & International Art Exchange & Monster Exchange February: Teacher Training in … Continue reading →
We’ve been back in Kazakhstan for almost 20 days. It feels like it is flying, most of the time. We arrived in Almaty with only one delay, but with no luggage. It was all good though because we were able … Continue reading →
The past two years, while in Kazakhstan, we’ve celebrated the holidays in many ways… we made oatmeal cookies for our host Mom the first year, and she devoured them. I had a Christmas Musical at my school the second year … Continue reading →
Yesterday was the big day!!! I arrived at school and of course everything was absolutely CRAZY. I thought to myself… crap. But, then I just waited around… helped two of the boys with their pre-Flex interview (which consisted of asking … Continue reading →
In five days we will be on a flight to America. But, before that can happen we had to take care of a few things first. Last Saturday our BRAND NEW volunteers arrived in Karaganda and so we met them … Continue reading →
Wow. A week has passed and holy crap… where did it go? It started with almost not catching a train from Karaganda to Almaty… which I am super thankful for now because it opened up an entirely new relationship with … Continue reading →
Happy Halloween everyone!! We spent the last few days celebrating with everyone in Karaganda and today I’m heading off to Almaty. I’m really excited and super nervous because, again, I’ll be travelling alone. There is no way Nick can take … Continue reading →
Friday: 8-9:45AM Bake donuts/prepare popcorn for Nick’s Halloween Party at the College 10AM Aerobics at the College 11AM Catch bus to Murager 2PM Catch bus to Nick’s College 3PM Nick’s Halloween Party 5PM Catch bus to the train station 6PM … Continue reading →
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