This week in Sokyriany (and throughout Ukraine) we had two major things to celebrate: Victory Day on Wednesday celebrating the former USSR’s triumph in World War 2, but then on Saturday another sort of victory that many of us teachers were uncertain would ever happen—that of our 11th formers making it to graduation! This was [...]
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Sunday morning started out right—by sleeping in! Then I made breakfast for Michelle and Erin with a little treat from America—a packet of mix to make hollandaise sauce! So I made Eggs Benedict while enjoying my friends’ company and the lingering feeling of satisfaction from our successful seminar. I was thinking life couldn’t get much [...]
In the midst of packing, moving, and resettling at my new apartment, I realized that the weekend for my English seminar at school was rapidly approaching. This seminar has been in the works for months, but given everything else going on, it somehow managed to sneak up on me. I didn’t come up with the [...]
After almost 10 hours on the bus, with multiple checkpoints and even drug dogs sniffing our luggage, Becca and I finally made it back to Cairo late Saturday night. We had about 20 minutes at her apartment to freshen up before heading back out, because we had already made plans with two Egyptians that I [...]
After an overnight bus ride through the Sinai Peninsula, we made it to Dahab just in time for breakfast. In case you’ve never heard of Dahab, or are rusty on your Middle-Eastern geography skills, or are just as fond of maps as I am, I made a little illustration for you : ) Dahab is [...]
My trip to Egypt included a slight detour, seeing as there are no direct flights from Kiev to Cairo. So my first flight was to Moscow (my first time in Russia!), where I had an hour long layover before my next flight. Unfortunately, we got caught in a snowstorm, which made landing tricky. By the [...]
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Friends and family! I have good news regarding my grant to create an English Technology and Resource Center at my school—so far $835 has been raised! So if you’re someone who has contributed, or has helped spread the word about … Continue reading →
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In Peace Corps Ukraine, we have these lovely little meetings every quarter called “Collaboratives” where we meet up with other volunteers in our area and, well, collaborate on our work and projects. Collaboratives are usually 9 parts hanging out with … Continue reading →
I hope you’re not sick of hearing about my grant by now, because we still have a long way to go in fundraising! But we’re definitely headed in the right direction: the original request was for a little more than … Continue reading →
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As I’ve been catching up with blog posts, I realized I haven’t updated you on school lately. Everything’s been going well, although attendance is way down at school due to the cold. This week the temperatures dropped quite a bit … Continue reading →
I want to marry a man who cooks. I don’t have much natural skill in the kitchen, and I definitely don’t enjoy cooking for one, but its so much more enjoyable when you cook with someone who has expertise! [And … Continue reading →
Life has been crazy this month, going home and coming back and traveling so much its made my head spin. But I’ve been home in Sokyriany this whole week, trying to get back on track with lesson planning and such … Continue reading →
Today I followed in the footsteps of many Volunteers before me and applied for this wonderful little thing called Darien Book Aid. This organization out of Connecticut supplies any volunteer with a twenty pound box of books for free! All … Continue reading →
Before Christmas, I was working frantically on getting my grant written and submitted to Peace Corps, and its been approved! Peace Corps just posted it online, so now its open and ready to be funded—this is where you come in! … Continue reading →
Let your heart be light. From now on our troubles will be out of sight… Christmas in Ohio was wonderful, everything I hoped it would be. I’d only been in America two days by the time Christmas arrived, so it was a bit of a struggle to stay awake for the whole day, but amazing [...]
My first week back in Ukraine was an adventure, from the very moment I stepped off the plane. The only bus to my town from Kiev is an overnight bus, so although I arrived in Ukraine at two in the … Continue reading →
Funny story: I knew when I booked my flight in December that I would have a ridiculously long layover in Germany on my way back to Ukraine. My flight home was from Kiev to Munich to Newark to Cleveland, so … Continue reading →
After leaving home, we drove all day until we found Asheville, North Carolina. I know my Dad must love me because he even let me drive his truck for part of the trip so I could enjoy my last few … Continue reading →
I was surprised at how fast my time at home flew; before I realized how much time had passed, New Years Eve had arrived and it was time for a mini-road trip with one of my best friends from college—Emily! … Continue reading →
After Christmas, my primary objective was completing my entire list of things to do in America. The shopping part was overwhelming at first, because stores in the US have EVERYTHING and its easy to lose track of what you’re there looking for in the first place. My list was also quite daunting; I had more [...]
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Today marks 1 year—1 year that I’ve been living in Sokyriany, Ukraine. There were days I thought I wouldn’t make it to the year mark, which makes it all the more sweeter that its finally here and I can say “hah, I made it.” I can’t imagine myself living in any other town in Ukraine, [...]
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I finally have some good news to share First of all, in the midst of changing my blog layout to a holiday theme, and uploading all the blog posts I’d written but hadn’t posted yet, my blog received its 5000th view! That’s pretty impressive for a year of blogging, thanks to all of you who read [...]
Don’t worry, I didn’t move again. (I mean, I did three weeks ago, but not again since then!). I did, however, get a new box at the post office, which effectively changed my mailing address. I had been sharing a P.O box with the other Peace Corps Volunteer who lives in my town, but there [...]
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This weekend I traveled to Kolomyia, a town in the next oblast (region) to help at another Peace Corps Volunteer’s English seminar. My friend Sean teaches at a school that specializes in English, and he had fifty kids voluntarily sign up to come to school on a Saturday for an English seminar conducted by PCVs [...]
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As of today, I’ve been in Ukraine for a year. I can’t believe it, can you? Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Peace Corps Ukraine Group 39ers, I hope this year has been as challenging and rewarding for you as it has been for me : ) A special congrats and thanks to my cluster and [...]
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