The Peace Corps trainees took their official oath on June 10th, becoming to 27th group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Bulgaria!
Браво на тях!
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| Kiril and Emi with the three generations of PCVs they hosted. |
Host families, current volunteers, and PC staff attended the swearing in ceremony for the 38 volunteers in the Vratsa Municipal building. It was much more enjoyable as an observer; at last year’s ceremony, the July heat, my nervousness towards going to site, and the goodbyes, made it seem like a sweaty, stressful blur.
The night before the ceremony, I arrived in Kravoder (my host village) with Neysa and Charity. Volunteers from the group before me were also in the village, seeing their host families one last time before returning to the U.S. in a few weeks. This was the third year Kravoder served as a training village, and all three volunteers from my host family were present, as were host family friends and other volunteers. It was a great evening. Emi, my host mom, recently returned from abroad and it was the first time I’d seen her since Christmas.
After the ceremony, I spent some time with other volunteers, purchased bomba fake raybans for about $7 USD, and had coffee with my host family aunt and uncle in Vratsa.
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