PHILLY!!!

Hello!
 I got to Philly this morning at 9:30.
After meeting up with some other PCT ( Peace Corps Trainees) a few of us went to a coffee shop and got some thing to drink and hung out till about 11:30.
After that I checked into my room and went down to registration and checked in to be come an official trainee of the Peace Corps!! yay!!!

After about 5 hours of ice breakers and info we were set loose on Philly. Me and 5 other trainees went to a Cuban restaurant for dinner and drinks and as you can see I am back in my room by 10.

We are checking out of the hotel at 2:30 am and taking a bus to JFK airport where we fly out at 11:15 am to South Africa ( a 15 hour flight ),  a quick layover and then off to Madagascar, a 4 hour flight.

I will try to update at the airport tomorrow but I can't promise anything.

At this point I would say "no news is good news" after I leave the US I don't know when I will be update again.

Email and write me letters!

<3 Me

Things I will miss

As of today I have 6 days left in the good old USA. Since we just celebrated  the fourth of July I thought I would write a blog about what I will miss most while I am in Madagascar. So here goes, in no particular order:

My family
Friends
The fab Four
Cheese, there is no GOOD cheese in Mcar :(
Ice Cream
Driving myself places
Internet everyday
The final HP movie :(
Target
My pets: Hazel, Simon and Wilbur
TV
Netflix
The sauna in my basement
Indoor plumbing
Hot showers
Taco bell
Mall Shopping
Going to the movie theatre- there are no movie theaters in Mcar
My high school students
American food
My house
My bed
Heat and A/C

and much more that I can't even think of right now!

That is all for now I will write again when I'm on my way to Madagascar!!!

Ps.
If you are reading this and feel the overwhelming urge to send me stuff then here is my address:

Amel Berg , PCT Peace Corps

Corps de la Paix

B.P. 12091

Poste Zoom Ankorondrano

101 Antananarivo

Madagascar 

This is where you can send mail for the first 3 months after that I will have a new address and I will update you all when I get it! yay!