Three airplanes, four airports and approximately 24 hours after leaving home, I arrived in Chausy.  Of course the first thing that my host family did was feed me and I’m pretty sure my “host Mom” is convinced I haven’t eaten since last spring!

This morning I was picked up by our driver, Volodya (everyone calls him Bobby) along with Dave and our interpreter Natasha.  We sorted out cell phones and banking and then headed over to see our warehouse.  In the past we have been using the gym in school #1 for our warehouse but this year it is under construction so we had to find alternate accommodations.  We have the loan of this storage location near the train station:

It is a little rough, but they have repaired the roof and promise us Continue reading →