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Here are some articles about our Teach and Learn with Georgia program: Continue reading News

We started Georgian lessons today. A couple interesting items: Continue reading me var jeisoni

Pretty simple – there is no luggage. Well, not for me at least. Continue reading Update on luggage

Tonight the last two groups, of which I am a part, got our cell phones. It was a sad sight for almost everyone immediately busted them out and turned them on and each phone makes a nice loud sound when they turn on. All of this is going on while Nino (our project supervisor) was still talking to us. Luckily she is too nice. If it was me, I would have cracked some freaking heads. I mean seriously? Are you that deprived that you have to immediately turn it on just to feel normal?

Anyways. The cell plans are different here. You only pay for the calls and texts you send. You do not pay for the ones that you receive. Pretty cool. Once I learn more info about the plans I will let you know whether it is worthwhile to give me a call on the phone.

There is so much to write already, but I wanted to give you a brief idea of what has been going on to hold you over until I have time to write more. Continue reading Placeholders

Ok, well it was not planes, trains and automobiles. More like bus, plane, plane, plane, bus. Just a warning, this is a long one. Continue reading Planes, Trains and Automobiles

I was just trying to figure out how to put a copy of my passport in my wallet. Well, it is pretty easy when you can take out cards you do not need anymore. Library, zipcar, grocery store cards, HAN call-in card, etc. Don’t think those will come in too handy here.

I am alive and still have all of my organs. We made it to the hotel and are washing up before dinner at 9pm. I will write more about the travels later, but I will give you item for now.

The flight from Chicago was delayed by an hour due to a problem with the gate. This gave us less then 30 minutes in Amsterdam to get to the plane. Apparently, due to the little time between flights, our luggage was not transferred. When are we going to get it? No idea. The next flight from Amsterdam with the same airline is Saturday. They will see if they can get the luggage on another airline before then, but there is no guarantee. Yeah!

I know you’re jealous.

Well, today is the day that I leave. As you have been reading, the process of getting the tickets has not been ideal. When I finally did get the tickets on Friday, more problems were created instead of being resolved. Sadly, at this point, this was not a surprise. Continue reading And here we go…

When I flew to Phoenix last week I packed my luggage like I was going to Georgia and it came out to 35 pounds. I just re-packed and I am now 45 pounds. Why the difference? I am bringing school supplies like books, flash cards, colored pencils, etc. I may be weeding out some of these items before the end of the day. 35 pounds was so nice to carry and I am not looking forward to an extra 10 pounds.