Off We Go!

Well we're almost off! We leave tomorrow morning for Azerbaijan! Our staging was informative, the general outline was as follows:

• Day 1: 2-7 PM Registration, Welcome/introductions, safety and support, anxieties and aspirations, nuts and bolts (money!). And paperwork!
• Day 2 (today): 8:30-6 PM, Managing risk, PC Policies, Cultural adaptation, bridge to pre-service training (in-country) and departure details.
• Day 3: Depart!

So we depart tomorrow and it goes something like this:

• 9:30 AM: Depart hotel, drive to New York JFK airport
• 4:30 PM: Fly out of NY on Delta to Istanbul.
• 9:40 AM, Weds: Arrive in Istanbul, Turkey.
• 1:15 PM: Fly out of Istanbul to Baku, Azerbaijan
• ~5 PM: Arrive in Baku, catch bus to Guba, 3 hours away.

Guba will be our first training site and then we move on to other sites. That schedule goes like this:

• June 28: Guba, Olympic Center
• June 29: Guba
• June 30: Guba, First night with host family
• July 1: Sumgayit City
• July 2: Sumgayit City, begin Pre-service training. We will be living with the same family for the next nine weeks.

Soooo....They tell us we will not be able to reach a phone (much less the internet) for the next few days, so don't worry, we will be back as soon as possible! Hope all is well!