Monthly Archives: September 2010

      Peace Corps Training does many things to prepare us PCT’s to go out on our own into the wild blue yonder of Kazakhstan.  And wild blue it is as we learn about bride-knappings and camels on the steppe.  Anyway, the latest … Continue reading →

                Every day holds something new and no two days are the same.  That is true of for all of life, and to an even greater extent during a PC training.  While here, I go to bed some days thinking, … Continue reading →

            I’ve decided that in order to understand my current experience here it is important to understand Russian Class.  Russian Class is what I go to every day, located in a local gymnasia school or prep school.  The posh of … Continue reading →

                Last night I went ghosty-ing, as the Kazahkstani’s call it, or something similar to that, maybe that’s just my own made up term for visiting and feasting.  While most days end at about six o’clock, in time to get … Continue reading →