...and Pennsylvania to South Africa

Greetings!

I am currently in a hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile... honestly I've been too exhausted to update. Here are some "excerpts" from my journal:

4/16 - 4/17
Woke up at 8:50 (5:30 PT) and was so exhausted but I had to see Philadelphia. My new Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) Buddies, Serene, Kasey, Katherine and I went to the visitor center, saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and Washington Square. Had some errands to run like mailing my phone back to my family. Oh and I had my 2nd Philly Cheesesteak at Campos with CHEEZ WHIZ and it was delicious.
Training was interesting enough... we met all the other PCVs (making 61 PCVs including me) through all the usual ice breaker stuff. People were all extremely nice. I finally felt a little better about this whole trip because I realized everyone was going through the same thing. At night after lectures and what not, there was some excitement going on with the debates. A couple PCVs and I hoped we could see Obama or Clinton but no luck.
The next day, we had more lectures and lots of group discussions. We actually had a discussion of some of our anxieties and fears and I came out of this whole experience deeply afraid of hippos.
I had to repack everythng that night because one bag was not going to be accessible for 2 months. That took up the whole night and caused me to be late the next morning! Don't worry they didn't leave without me.
The PCVs took the bus to JFK airport and I got to see New York for the first time!
Uh Oh I'm running out of time.... so I will update this another day!

I'm okay! I love you all!