Thursday, November 10, 2011

Site Placement

Today, after much anticipation, I found out that I will be spending my service in a small village, Aşağı Ayıblı, in Tovuz. After swearing-in on December 8th, I will head out to Tovuz to teach in my village school of 400 students until December 2013! I am really excited because (1) I am one of six Az9s headed to Tovuz. I'll be joined by 3 other TEFLs and 2 YDs. (2) My village is in a mountainous region in the northwest part of Azerbaijan. It's 360 km (about seven hours by bus) from Baku, 70 km from Ganja (the 2nd biggest city in Az), and 100 km from Tbilisi. (3) I'll be living in a village. The closest region centers are 20-30 minutes away. (4) I'll be REALLY close to Georgia and Armenia. Not that I'll doing much traveling to Armenia, but I think being so close will be interesting. (5) I'll be the first Peace Corps volunteer in Asagi Ayibli. (6) Tovuz is the home of F.C. Turan, an Az Premier League team. I'm so stoked.


Tovuz is red.


While it's still really hard to have a good idea of what life at site will be like, it's really cool to finally know where I'll be spending the next two years.



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5 comments:

  1. KatieNovember 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    ANNIE I am so unbelievably excited for you! Do you have a new mailing address for where you will be in Aşağı Ayıblı?

    LOVE YOU,
    KFT ahaha

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  2. Kelly SheaNovember 11, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    So much to be excited about! Can't wait to hear more about it next month once you get settled in and really get a feel for the community.
    Love you!

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  3. UnknownNovember 11, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    KFT--hahaha! it took me a hot second to put that together. I'm not sure when I'll find out my new address..it might be a little while. The one I have now will work until mid-December. I'll keep you posted on the new one.

    And thanks kel! Love you too.

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  4. Tad CrockerNovember 16, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    Looks like a soccer pitch is at the school?

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  5. CaitlinDecember 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    Pease, do you have your permanent address yet? I habe something for you, and I want to get it to you asap!! miss you doggie dog!!

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