hey ya'll today i have a little bit more time to write.... yesterday i was in an internet cafe that was so slow i was gonna throw the damn computer out the window. ha. well i have been here less than a week but it already feels like a lifetime. the first three days all 54 of us were at a resort which was pretty nice. it was a sort of orientation with all of the staff and everything. we got lots of shots and basic language lessons. on saturday we moved into our host families homes. i have two host sisters, a 20 year old and a 15 year old. my family is very nice and the food is very good.... everything is great, but the whole gender thing is tough.. there are so many places that girls arent supposed to go and arent supposed to do... there is even an internet cafe a block from my house but i cant go there/.. girls cant really drink or smoke either and we have to dress pretty conservatively. it is difficult for pretty much everyone in our group to figure out how to negociate this....... well thats it for now, i will post my phone number here as soon as i get my cell connected. you will be able to text me. holla
i am with my teacher right now. will be with her for another 2 or 3 hours. i cant use my computer at apartment for email because they do not have a land line phone.
host family has two girls, one 15 other 20. they are very nice. room is ok, uncomfortable bed.. no closet.... but fine. they have a real toilet which is good. i am learning azeri. communicate with family with mix of english, russian and azeri.... my teacher is very nice. she is 24, today i am at her apartment in sumgait, we came to see if someone here can figure out to unlock phone, she is also staying with host family in village so she is getting her things together while i use her computer. the village is actually not really a village, just a bunch of kruechev era apartments by the sea. about 20 mintues on marshutka from Sumgait city. everyone is very nice. there are 4 other people in my training group, rachel, the jewish girl who you met at airport, Vy, the vietnamese girl, jeff- a boy from portland-- we are all in early 20s. then there is james a man in his 50s
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