Archive for Americas

Now, for our Spanish

March 28th, 2007 by Christian and Alysia.

We´re spending much of our time learning Spanish now.  Our host family is great.  We have a host father and mother.  Queretaro, Mexico is a beautiful colonial city which we are gradually learning more and more about.   Today, we learned some bus routes which makes it much much easier to get around.

Packing help

March 26th, 2007 by Heather.

I’m heading to Panama as a Community Environmental Conservation volunteer on May 14th and all I keep reading about is how I should pack LIGHT! I’m a little worried about packing too light and not having everything I need. Any suggestions?

Panama May 2007

March 23rd, 2007 by jenny.

Just wondering if there is anyone else that is going to Panama leaving May 14th for staging!!  So excited just wanted to get in touch with other volunteers!!!  woo hoo!!!

Peru - Youth Development - June 2007

March 17th, 2007 by jchulo.

I just got word of my assignment. Is or has anyone worked in youth development in Peru? Let me know if any of you have any input on this. Or youth development in general in the peace corps? Can anyone give me any kind of information in regard to this or [...]

Last day at work before heading out…

March 16th, 2007 by Christian and Alysia.

Today was my last day at work and a very good day at that. Alysia and I were treated to a farewell lunch at our local Old Chicago’s and we enjoyed every minute of it. Looking around the table and seeing these friends reminded me of how much we’ve rubbed off on each [...]