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Monthly Archives: October 2017

Getting To Site

October 29, 2017by Elizabeth Romary Leave a comment

I am finally at my site, which I will be calling “home” for the next two years! I live in a large village in Hardap region. There isn’t much here, […]

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Peace Corps

Swearing In!

October 29, 2017by Elizabeth Romary Leave a comment

After two months of training and adapting to this wonderful country, the trainees of Group 46 were finally sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers on October 19, 2017. I couldn’t […]

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Peace Corps

American Cultural Day

October 29, 2017by Elizabeth Romary Leave a comment

A few weeks ago I wrote about our Namibian cultural cooking day where we cooked a lot of traditional Namibian dishes over open fires and sang songs in our respective […]

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Peace Corps, Pre-Service

Site Placement!

October 16, 2017by Elizabeth Romary 1 Comment

After almost nine weeks of “It depends” and “You’ll know more once you know where you’re going”, we finally know where in Namibia we will all be living for the […]

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Peace Corps, Pre-Service

CBT: Week Three

October 16, 2017by Elizabeth Romary 1 Comment

The third and final week of CBT went by way too quickly for my liking. It was our week of solo teaching, and our week of goodbyes. The solo teaching […]

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Peace Corps, Pre-Service

CBT: Week Two

October 6, 2017by Elizabeth Romary 1 Comment

Week 2 of CBT gave us our first taste of teaching in a Namibian classroom. We worked with a few of the teachers at the school to co-plan lessons that […]

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Peace Corps, Pre-Service

Working For the Weekend

October 4, 2017by Elizabeth Romary Leave a comment

Hello again from Okombahe! One of the teachers at the PS told me that since there isn’t much to do in Okombahe (it’s a large village with around 1-2,000 people) […]

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CBT: Week One

October 2, 2017by Elizabeth Romary Leave a comment

Hello from Okombahe, Namibia! A couple weeks ago we said goodbye to Okahandja for three weeks in order to spread out across Namibia for Community Based Training (CBT). CBT gives […]

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Peace Corps, Pre-Service

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Table Mountain
The adults dancing!
The adults dancing!
At the top
At the top
Silly
I felt loopy and like I had been stabbed in the stomach with a sword multiple times, but surgery was a success!
I felt loopy and like I had been stabbed in the stomach with a sword multiple times, but surgery was a success!
In the Bo Kaap neighborhood
In the Bo Kaap neighborhood
The sand dunes literally spill into the ocean
The sand dunes literally spill into the ocean
Tried my first oyster on the cruise. My smile is a lie.
Tried my first oyster on the cruise. My smile is a lie.
Dancer
Swakopmund
Spent the weekend at CCF
Spent the weekend at CCF
My principal and I in our Nama dresses and shoes
My principal and I in our Nama dresses and shoes
The view from the top
The view from the top
In a row
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My principal and the girls dancing
My principal and the girls dancing
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The culture group from my school
The culture group from my school
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The Waterfront
"Pengweng" - Benedict Cumberbatch
“Pengweng” – Benedict Cumberbatch
Boulders Beach
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Shameless Nature Trail Selfie
Shameless Nature Trail Selfie
Views
Lion man
Mexican
Family
Views
Views
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Water
Baby
Library table
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A little bit of Greenville in Cuba
A little bit of Greenville in Cuba
Pondering life in Cuba
Pondering life in Cuba
Enjoying a cigar because you know, "When in Cuba"
Enjoying a cigar because you know, “When in Cuba”
At the newly named United States Embassy of Cuba!
At the newly named United States Embassy of Cuba!
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I am so "happy" to have gone to Cuba.
I am so “happy” to have gone to Cuba.
photo by Walter Lyle Photography
photo by Walter Lyle Photography
All it takes is a little smile
All it takes is a little smile
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The girls and a horse
The girls and a horse
I'm Queen of the rock
I’m Queen of the rock
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felipa
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Iguazú
Iguazú
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Look at all those waterfalls
Look at all those waterfalls
Lollapalooza!
Lollapalooza!
Pre-loss of wallet and this camera. RIP.
Pre-loss of wallet and this camera. RIP.
Look, it's Eminem! Somewhere! Up there!
Look, it’s Eminem! Somewhere! Up there!
Andes Mountains
Andes Mountains
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