Off tomorrow!

I'm all packed (almost) and ready (almost) to go!

Adam, bless his heart, is meeting me at Grand Central Station bright and early and helping me with all my worldly possessions for the next 27 months across town to Penn Station. I am taking the 10am Amtrak to Philadelphia where I will be spending two days getting an orientation before being shoved off to Cameroon.

What's in store in Philadelphia? Meet and Greet and lots of shots as far as I can tell.

Wouldn't you know the day before I leave I have "technical difficulties" and cannot backup my hard drive. Hope to get this sorted before 8am when I have to take the train to Grand Central.

For those of you interested in my itinerary for the next few days, here you go. Keep in mind that I will most likely not be able to update this blog for the next few days, at least you can see what I'm up to...

Wed Jun 2nd

10am Amtrak to Philadelphia (staying at Hilton Garden Inn

12:30pm registration

2-4:25pm Who We Are (meaning Peace Corps) and What's Expected of You

4.25pm-4.45pm Break

4.45-7pm What You Expect / What's Next / Closing

Thur Jun 3rd

7am bus taking us to the clinic for shots

9:30am bus departs for JFK

5:30pm AA flight to Brussels

Fri, Jun 4th

7.40am Arr in Brussels

10.50am Brussels Airline to Yaounde, Cameroon

4:35pm arrive in Cameroon! (local time - 5hrs ahead of EST)

Sat, Jun 5th

Language Tests (oh dear)

Programming interviews

Medical Intak Interview (hope this doesn't mean more shots)

Sun, Jun 6th

personal Safety

dinner at Country Director's residence

Mon, Jun 7th

Welcome

Orientation to Food and Water safety

Vaccinations / Shots (ugh)

Homestay orientation

General orientation to pre-service training

Tue, Jun 8th

Processing of immigration papers

Vaccinations / Shots (again?)

Logistics and departure to training site

move into homestay families