On the Road Again

Crazy travel coming up in the next month.  We decided that we wanted to come back to the US for a bit to see friends and family in Seattle and LA before our Peace Corps staging in February.  When we came to Europe we weren't sure of where we would be going, so we packed clothing for all kinds of climates, so stopping back in Los Angeles will allow us to pick and choose what to take and what to leave in our storage.

Since we were able to make a stop with our airline ticket for no additional charge, we decided to take advantage of the the opportunity to visit southern Florida.  We haven't spent much time there before so we figured this would give us an chance to check out that part of the country for a few weeks. So the travel turns out to be a bit of a "crazy quilt" between January and February.  Paris to Miami to Seattle to LA to Washington D.C. to Querétaro in early February.  Luckily we will have more than a few days in each place to readjust, relax and enjoy the places!

We have loved hanging out in Europe, especially spending time with family here in France.  Once we can have visitors during our time in the Peace Corps, we are looking forward to them coming to visit us the next time in Mexico!

It's Official, We Accepted Our Invitation to Serve in Peace Corps..........

 

Mexico!

We received our invitation to serve as part of the Peace Corps Mexico group in a program focused on technology transfer in Mexico.  We will be leaving for Mexico February 6th or 7th, 2012 for training in Querétaro, a town in a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million people, with around 700,000 people living in the city limits proper.  

Here is a photo of the city from Wikipedia and a link below to more information about the city itself.

Link to Wikipedia-Querétaro: 

Needless to say we are pretty excited about our placement.  The program work seems interesting and although, since we are fluent in French, we had not expected a placement in a Spanish speaking country, we are excited to start learning the language.  We will post more details as we know them, but for now we just wanted to share the news!