Traveler, Writer, Aquarius, Peace Corps Volunteer
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August 2: Monday, the next day after everyone returned to Kyiv. I was out at the Irish Pub with some friends, saw a couple of English guys I had met a few months back, went to talk to them, two very attractive women were in the adjoining booth, a few smiles and a double-take later and I was sharing margaritas and off to a disco. The whole next week was spent with my pseudo new girlfriend Lena, and then�
August 11: Crimea. Two weeks on the coast teaching English at a language camp in Sudak, a major beach town and famous for its Tatar population and its Genoese fortress, known as the Krepost, in the mountains lining the beach.
The Good: working with young kids again and enjoying their energy and excitement at learning English; seeing a bunch of Peace Corps friends I hadn�t seen in awhile; the schwarmas (Middle Eastern chicken wraps) and lagman (Tatar noodle soup) I ate almost daily; the last three days of lying out on the beach and soaking up the final sun of the summer.
The Bad: my friend�s toilet which quit working after the second day; the sick stomach epidemic which hit everyone except me (and directly contributed to the first problem); the beach packed with Russian and Belarusian tourist whose lack of manners and decency is staggering; and a 17-year-old camper who fell in love with me and wouldn�t leave me alone (her text messages are priceless).
August 24: Back in Donetsk, just in time for the week-long Independence Day festival. There were huge parties and concerts in the square and drunk revelry everywhere. I met a famous soccer player from Cameroon and one of his friends who�s a student here and had a fun time hanging out with them. The circle of friends widens a little larger.
And that�s about it. My first meeting with my department is Monday, August 30th, and then everything is back to normal. The theme of this semester is going to be �Diligence.� I�m starting Russian lessons for the first time since I finished training and am determined to really get good. I�ll head back to the gym this week and resume my workouts which ended before I left for Prague. I�ll work on the screenplay I started and outlined this summer. I�ll start teaching English again at a private school on Saturdays. And I�ll start my secondary project, which is setting up an English club at my school.
Phew, I�m exhausted just recapping this past two months. I need to rest. Tomorrow�s an early day.
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