Two Americans, dog in tow, move from Washington DC to Nice, France and then to the Netherlands. Stories about the trials and tribulations of being Americans abroad, musings about the things we learn and see, and of course chronicling any adventures we go on!
How about the town? Well, what have I told you? Apparently nothing. I have a slight tendency to get who I've told what confused. Responding to emails and even phone calls all get a little blurred as they really are all the same conversations about me and what the hell I'm doing. From my point of view, the sad thing is that I only really care about what YOU are up to. Next to English, the thing I miss most about being Stateside is a lack of information. Ok, next to English and food. And possibly the company of women. ANYWAY. Mbakaou is a village by American standards. There are about 4000 people running about, which was the size of my undergraduate class at UNC. I never thought of Chapel Hill as more than a town. But here, Mbakaou is a town. Also in my purview, or that of the health center's where I work, are another 13 villages amounting to about another 4000 folks. Two of them have 700 e...
I enjoy going with the flow. Carrying a demeanor of relaxed ease. My life just happens. I used to be much better with this, but I think three years of working with deadlines, budgeting my life in DC, and just... getting older took away some of that. But that's a skill I enjoy and it just makes life so damn interesting. This summer, I mean to gain it back. I have yet to stay in one place more than four days since I left DC. Mobile and agile, I have been traveling around visiting friends and family. That was the general plan anyway; spend my last month or so before shipping off visiting everyone. Let's talk the breakdown: Anytime I have the freedom to move, you can find me at the beach. My college friends all got together and we rented a beach house in Emerald Isle, NC. Glorious. In case you are lost: I'm the bloke. The lovely blonde threw the trip together. The ocean having recharged me, I went ...
It looks like you're being chased by a magical purple laser!!
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