We made it! And yes I'm pumped and amped aka pamped. Well so far...
It's been a lot of traveling, orientation, and meeting new people. We all got to Miami on Monday night and I had the craziest plane experience. After a few tearful good byes (that's the understatement of the world!) I boarded the plane in SB and flew to LA. On my next flight, I was talking to the guy sitting next to me about what I was about to do aka Peace Corps. Then the girl sitting next to him was like "Peace Corps!? I'm doing the Peace Corps in Panama!" For the rest of the flight we talked and got to know each other which was wonderful because then I had a friend to go to the hotel with. We met another girl in the airport and the three of us went to the hotel. I met my roommate, Sara, who had gotten there earlier in the day. Apparently there was a facebook group for our Panama group that of course I didn't know about because technology and I don't mix. But on that site everyone agreed to go get dinner so we all met up with a bunch of the people for dinner.
The next day was lots of meeting people, hearing names and stories, forgetting names and stories, reintroducing, and getting a quick briefing on Panama. The next day, we boarded a plane super early and got to the 'fro-inducing climate of Panama. SERIOUSLY HUMID!
We are staying on the old military base in Panama City until Sunday when we move in with host families. Currently, I'm sharing an apt. with four girls. We all have similar senses of humor and one even meows like me! She said she'd put in a sound clip if needed so you all could hear her meow. Today was orientation to Panama..lots of talking, a Spanish test that made me tan nerviosa, and a lot of hand outs.
After that, we had dinner and then a power walk with the roomies to explore the base. And note to self: when you see sparkly things in the grass at night don't try to pick them up. They might be spiders. Yep. Yep they are definitely spiders. We learned that the hard way. We also found the Womping Willow and forbidden forest from Harry Potter. And a golf and tennis court. The military down here must have really been living it up. Another tip, don't walk by a baseball field all decked out in your sexiest workout clothes (aka big t shirt and baggy pants) and head lamps. You will probably get around 12 whistles. Well that's all for me so far.
Hope everyone is going well and that your home is not as humid as mine :)
I am so excited for you! I look forward to hearing about your adventure in your blog!!
ReplyDeleteGood morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Panama? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Panama in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39 Bajo C
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely