And I've been a horrible blogger. But there were things to do! People to visit as much as possible. Food to eat that I will be craving when I've lived on potatoes for seven months in the winter.
I'm officially a representative of the United States Peace Corps now. Arrived in Philly yesterday evening. Made some friends. Ate Philly Cheesesteaks. It seemed quite appropriate. Walked around downtown and saw the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall and Ben Franklin's house. Except it wasn't an actual house like I thought it might be. It was a tall white outline structure symbolizing where his house was before 18-something. There was even the outline of a chimney. It was kind of a letdown. We could look into these sheltered windows down below the ground and see pieces of brick floor that were actual parts of his cellar. "Are those his actual footprints?" one girl asked and pointed down at the prints in the sandy area around some brick sections. "I didn't know they had treaded shoes like that back then," I said. You'd think they could brush away the un-authentic footprints...
Checked-in today. Listened to people talk at me all afternoon and evening about culture shock in Ukraine and our expectations and language learning and the nuts and bolts of being representatives of the Peace Corps.
Just ate a cheeseburger at an expensive place downtown where the table was clear glass and inside was a skeleton. Yes, we were eating on some kind of coffin (?) Otherwise the restaurant was nice so this was quite incongruous.
Also, remember how I've often said I worked at a newspaper? I was always mysterious about what paper and never said the name for what reason I'm not sure. I don't hide the fact I live in Colorado on the Front Range. But I'll come clean now because guess what? They're letting me have a blog! I don't know if I'm spreading myself thin here because I'd like to continue to blog both places, on different topics, but we'll see how that goes. I don't know what access to Internet I'll have in Ukraine. Anyway, check it out, www..reporterherald.com. Down on the left hand bar is a "Online only" section. Click on "blogs" and I'm the second one. My first blog was put up today and I feel very official. Tell your friends. I want lots of hits. :) Cuz I'm cool, obviously.
Comments (5)
Excellent! Congrats on your 'promotion' in life; I'm sure you'll love doing this. Please be careful, though. Eastern Europe can be....interesting....at times.
Definitely will keep up with your exploits; was kinda hoping you'd be able to do blogging from there. Glad to hear you still will be.
and the adventure begins! the ukrain surely should have internet access.
ha! now i know someone famous!
Okay, I went and commented your blog, now at least I can follow what you're up to even if you don't have the time to come here and post very often.