For the past few days I have been at home from school sick, so in addition to catching up with emails and work, I have decided to post a couple of interesting articles I have read recently. Most of you know that I have a serious, serious addiction to The New York Times. I read the paper daily and when I was in college, I would read it at least four times a day. I am simply obsessed with the wide variety of coverage they provide, the articles they write, and their travel section. During college, I never needed a TV, even on election nights, all I had to do was to simply refresh their website.
Most of you know that this is my second tour of duty in Eastern Europe. My first round was from 2005-2006, when I was an exchange student with the Rotary Club in Kosice, Slovakia. My second hometown of Kosice occasionally has gotten some attention in The New York Times, including this article last month:
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/eurofile-slovakia-off-piste/.
Its a really nice city and I hope to go back and see my friends and my host families there and even my class reunion in 2012 now that I am here in Ukraine.
The second article is about a program called Teach and Learn Georgia, which takes young Americans and send them to Georgia, another former Soviet Republic to teach. Unlike the Peace Corps, this program is funded by the government of Georgia. There are a lot of similarities, but some differences to from what my experience has been like so far in Ukraine.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/world/europe/24georgia.html?ref=europe
Well, I hope you are staying warm amongst all of the storms at home.We have no snow here, which is normal because we are so close to the Sea of Azov. Any way stay warm and feel free to comment.
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