Lena went on EMU's India cross cultural with us in 2007, and she roomed with Jen from fall '07 to spring '08. She has continued to travel since we graduated and it was great getting to hear her stories.
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We have made lots of new friends during our time in Harrisburg, but last night we got to see an old friend!
Lena went on EMU's India cross cultural with us in 2007, and she roomed with Jen from fall '07 to spring '08. She has continued to travel since we graduated and it was great getting to hear her stories.
Lena went on EMU's India cross cultural with us in 2007, and she roomed with Jen from fall '07 to spring '08. She has continued to travel since we graduated and it was great getting to hear her stories.
Yesterday we received the documents we needed from Bulgaria to apply for visas, so we left our training center at 6:15 this morning for the Bulgarian Embassy in Washington, D.C.!
When we got to the park & ride we found out we needed either quarters or dollar coins for the parking meter. We only had $20 bills and credit cards with us, so we were a little panicked about what to do. We met a man that worked at the metro station who helped us get our day passes, which gave us about $4 change, and then he gave us another dollar out of his own pocket so that we could make change at their change machine for quarters and have 5 hours worth of parking time! We went back out to the lot and paid for our parking; when we went back into the metro station the man was nowhere to be seen. We had planned to get his name so that we could pay him back when we got back from the city in the afternoon, but we never found him! ...Do you ever think you might have met an angel? This morning was one of those times for me.
We got to the embassy around 10:30am and submitted our applications. The process went very smoothly! The consulate employee said that our visas should be ready within 40 business days, and she will call us to let us know when we can pick them up or have them mailed. We left the embassy with a huge burden lifted and a great sense of relief. (If you know anything about our last two months of trying to get everything together for the application, you'll understand!)
The front entrance to the Bulgarian Embassy.
Because we were not going to be able to get back to our training center in time for our afternoon classes, we decided to stop by the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Last time we were in DC it was closed for remodeling, so we didn't get to see it! We were a little crunched for time since we were parked in a metered parking lot back at the park & ride, so we had to pick and choose which exhibits we visited.
Joe reading about an early engine.
Jen looking pretty next to something that she didn't read about and therefore doesn't know what it is.
Joe and statue, looking surprisingly alike.
Jen with a HUGE train engine.
This car drives itself... really!
Julia Childs' kitchen
The road signs on the way home were very demanding.
...don't ask.
When we got to the park & ride we found out we needed either quarters or dollar coins for the parking meter. We only had $20 bills and credit cards with us, so we were a little panicked about what to do. We met a man that worked at the metro station who helped us get our day passes, which gave us about $4 change, and then he gave us another dollar out of his own pocket so that we could make change at their change machine for quarters and have 5 hours worth of parking time! We went back out to the lot and paid for our parking; when we went back into the metro station the man was nowhere to be seen. We had planned to get his name so that we could pay him back when we got back from the city in the afternoon, but we never found him! ...Do you ever think you might have met an angel? This morning was one of those times for me.
We got to the embassy around 10:30am and submitted our applications. The process went very smoothly! The consulate employee said that our visas should be ready within 40 business days, and she will call us to let us know when we can pick them up or have them mailed. We left the embassy with a huge burden lifted and a great sense of relief. (If you know anything about our last two months of trying to get everything together for the application, you'll understand!)
The front entrance to the Bulgarian Embassy.
Because we were not going to be able to get back to our training center in time for our afternoon classes, we decided to stop by the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Last time we were in DC it was closed for remodeling, so we didn't get to see it! We were a little crunched for time since we were parked in a metered parking lot back at the park & ride, so we had to pick and choose which exhibits we visited.
Joe reading about an early engine.
Jen looking pretty next to something that she didn't read about and therefore doesn't know what it is.
Joe and statue, looking surprisingly alike.
Jen with a HUGE train engine.
This car drives itself... really!
Julia Childs' kitchen
The road signs on the way home were very demanding.
...don't ask.
Our training center is located about 45 minutes from part of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. This past Sunday, most of our group headed out in our beloved 12 passenger van to conquer the hills (or at least hike on part of them).
Jen... the hardcore hiker!
We call this the "fried egg mushroom."
My all time favorite hiking buddy.
We chose a "waterfall" trail, which was more like a waterfall tumble. It was very beautiful. Most of the hike was right along the side of a downhill stream, which helped to keep us cool in the oppressive heat.
Pictures don't do nature justice!
We stopped for a kodak moment on the way back down the trail.
Jen... the hardcore hiker!
We call this the "fried egg mushroom."
My all time favorite hiking buddy.
We chose a "waterfall" trail, which was more like a waterfall tumble. It was very beautiful. Most of the hike was right along the side of a downhill stream, which helped to keep us cool in the oppressive heat.
Pictures don't do nature justice!
We stopped for a kodak moment on the way back down the trail.
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