Midnight Plane to Georgia

Okay...sorry, I couldn't resist. I promise there will be no more State of/Republic of Georgia jokes. I've been in Philadelphia for the past two days learning about the Peace Corps with very few actual details of what things are going to be like over there. What we did learn was a bunch of administrative things, including everything that you could possibly do to get kicked out--"administratively separated" (or, in PC slang, get the Pan-Am Award).

Tomorrow we'll leave from New York City to Vienna and after a 14-hour layover, we'll arrive in Georgia at 3 a.m. From there we'll spend a few days at a hotel getting acclimated and then head to Gori for our nine-week training. Gori, for those who are keeping track, is the hometown of Joseph Stalin. I'm pretty excited and a bit anxious to get started. Its great to finally get this whole experience started.

It is unlikely that I'll have internet access for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to post in two weeks or so with some pictures and first impressions. In the meantime, if you'd like, check out Gori on Wikipedia.