It was pretty obvious who was there for the Peace Corps. Every now and then you’d see one: Confused, wide-eyed, carrying two huge bags and obviously looking around for any sign as to where to catch the shuttle to the hotel. That’s how the first two recruits I met identified me, anyways.
“We saw your bags and figured,” said Shawna.
And so the introductions began. Shawna was first, followed by Carrie, who was in the shuttle with us. My roommate for the next few days, Anderson, came next. Through some miracle of social networking that had nothing to do with the internet, a large group of us converged on the lobby at the same time. Most of whom you’ll see in the gallery for this post: Lauren, Crystal, Dave, and the guy-whose-name-I-forget joined us as we ventured out into Philly.
The night progressed true-blue-tourist style, complete with cheese steaks, climbing on monuments, and a semi-sober chorus of Don’t Stop Believing with complete strangers. It was a good night, and a great chance to meet some of my fellow volunteers.
I’m due at staging in 5 minutes, so I’ve got to cut myself off. Now for a full day of SHOT SHOTS SHOTS.
(Me: Not in any!, Anderson: baseball cap, Lauren: black Dress, Crystal: red scarf, Dario: flanel shirt, Shawna: Also flanel shirt, and Dave: wearing glasses)
This is super exciting.
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Awesome. I hope you also sang some eye of the tiger as well! Can’t wait to see more of your stuff.
Travel safe buddy – we are thinking of you and can’t wait for the next post. Hope you had a good flight.
Life is a serious of journeys, bring to it all you can and take with you all that you learned.