Great weekend here on many fronts. The Saturday was consumed in traveling a bit north of Spanish Town to Serenity Park for a 'warden meeting' which is a Peace Corps version of a staff meeting to exchange news and support. It takes all day to go any distance of even 20 or 25 miles. It is just simply slow and inefficient from the perspective of each traveller but efficient [albeit not really safe] when viewed from a fuel economy point of view. The 'route taxis' taverse a set route picking up travelers whereever they can pulling off the side of the road anywhere to allow them in. These are vans that in theory carry 9 people. In reality, they will pack 12 to 15 in these vans swerving all over the road avoiding potholes, cyclists, other vans, trucks and the occasional goat or dog. I simply have to trust my luck - which will make those of you who know me smile a tad I am sure.
Sunday, we took off for Hellshire Beach and simply enjoyed the water, the beer and other PCV's company - no small thing I am finding from the emotional support aspect. The water was rough but warm at about 85 degrees or better.
The international phone plan is outstanding here and calling back to the states is cheap so staying in touch with our children has been pretty easy. Already looking forward to Christmas. Our international number is 876-382-0082. Send a text message as it is cheap to the point of being free.
One of the fascinating things about this adventure is that we have heard from some folks we didn't really expect to [thank you!!!!!] and others that we expected to hear from, not at all. One of the many puzzlements of life I suppose. As I don't know what has been happening [except for the tornado], I do feel more out of the loop than we ever did on our cross country trip...and this is certainly colored somewhat by the length of service ahead of us.
All for now off to meet with some college professors on an environmental project!
Love to all,
Matt & Karen
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- Matt and Kare
- Rochester, NH, United States
- This is a blog to keep you up to date on our progress as we build our home on Ayers Lake. It serves the function of informing those who want to know more and helping us to avoid becoming complete bores talking about a project that is pretty consuming. I am acting as GC on this project - as is usually my wont. We realize however, that knowing the details of soil compaction may not really interest a lot of people no matter how critical it is to the stability of our floor. So, if you are here, you are interested and we are delighted. Want to know more? Pull up a chair, buy us some wine and prepare to zone out! Matt and Karen
1 comments:
Matt and Karen, I'm glad to hear the your adjustments are going well. I can't imagine what it takes to uproot your lives and basically start all over. I think that your work is inspiring. I'm not sure I could handle it but I am glad there are people out there like you who take these kind of adventures.
Laura and I are on our own new adventure. Our little girl Colby Collins Sawicki was born on July 18th. We have a new family blog here so feel free to check it out and see some pictures of our beatiful girl. I think you can just click on my profile and it will list the blog.
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