Today our training group received their site assignments. As far as I could tell, no one was disappointed, save for one, but that seems to be the case everywhere in the world. I am slated to be living in a small town 90 km north of Tirana, the capital city. According to the information the Peace Corps has given me, there is either a population of 12,000 or 19,000. The town itself has a Facebook page and says it boasts about 10,000. Not big by any standards but big enough….and small enough that I can get to know people on a more personal level. I’ll be working out of the district’s educational office. My main job will be to provide training and development for English teachers. It appears as if I will provide training for not only the teachers who work in the town, but also for the surrounding villages. In all the entire school district has 55 English teachers. There are lots of other opportunities for community development in the area as well and I can’t wait to get started.
I don’t know much about the town, but one of my colleagues visited there not too long ago and said it was really nice. It is a mountainous region and quite cold according to my host mom. I will also have site-mates…something I didn’t have when I served in Ukraine. It will be nice to have Peace Corps friends in my town. I looked up the town on-line and found out Albania’s one and only king was born there. Also of note, the town was home to the most feared communist prisons in all of Albania!
All and all a good day with lots of excitement for everyone. The best news was that my friend Sue is going to be posted in Tirana…less than an hour by bus so we can do some girl stuff once and a while.
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| Sue and I on top of the castle in Elbason. (My first good selfie!) |
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