As always, they practice their English on me and I learn that today is the Lithuanian Užgavėnės Celebration or Shrove Tuesday – a carnival which escorts winter.
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After two taxi’s and a long bus ride, we arrived in La Ceiba, our home for the next two month’s on the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
With so much turmoil in the world, it was fresh to think about our Favorite Natural Places and visit their beauty and awesomeness all over again...
It's fantastic to have made it this far in the process, but without knowing exactly how many positions State is looking to fill this year, being ranked fourth on the Register is a bit unsettling.
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On the second bottle of rum, I decide to join the dance competition up on stage. The announcer couldn’t get my name right but it felt good hearing Jack chanted during my routine.
The annual American Parkour Beast Coast Jam gathering of top parkour athletes from all over the world in gateway Park and other locations in the D.C. region.
On our trip to Dominican to see our friend Mike in the Peace Corps, Jeff asked if he could take me on a drive. When I asked him where we were going, he said, “You’ll find out!” So I get on the bike he rented, and we...