Wednesday, September 28, 2005
My post-Peace Corps plans have gone through all kinds of changes and permutations, but seem to have reached a definition, now. The best deal to fly to India was with Emirates Air, and that gives me a chance for a one-day layover in Dubai on the way. And Dubai, they say, is the best place in the world to buy electronics. So I will use this opportunity to replace my broken PDA, and maybe even get one of those ipods that seem to be so much in the news. It is tempting to think about a new laptop too, but that would clearly be an extravagance and a lot of additional weight to carry around the world.
Since it appears that very little of my family will be around Philadelphia come Christmas, I will then fly directly to Guatemala to spend Christmas with Myrna and her family. My biggest fear in that decision is that I’m afraid that after two years, my Spanish may not be much better than my Kiswahili. Hope it comes back quickly, at least. I can occasionally get a Spanish station on short wave in the middle of the night, broadcasting from China of all places, but it is never clear. I hope that is why I understand so little of it.
Since it appears that very little of my family will be around Philadelphia come Christmas, I will then fly directly to Guatemala to spend Christmas with Myrna and her family. My biggest fear in that decision is that I’m afraid that after two years, my Spanish may not be much better than my Kiswahili. Hope it comes back quickly, at least. I can occasionally get a Spanish station on short wave in the middle of the night, broadcasting from China of all places, but it is never clear. I hope that is why I understand so little of it.
