Weekend Update with Brittany

This is the waterfall I jumped off in the last blog....
We went to Higuerito to an artisan’s fair put on by the Secretary of Culture. It was really interesting because the entire thing was basically coordinated by a Peace Corps volunteer in my sector (CED). The town is known for its artisans and she works with a group of them there, so she put on this fair and the Secretary of Culture got involved. Then he declared Saturday as the National Day of Artisans. There were all the artists and their works and we also got to see some of their shops and see some of them create their pieces. Most of it is clay pottery or clay figurines. Then there was a community band and some baton twirlers and lots of music. It was cool to see such a huge celebration that was put together by a PCV. She is leaving this year and someone from our group is probably going to take her spot and continue working with the artisans.

We had our final interviews with our director and now we are all super anxious to find out where we are going. All the other sectors (health, youth, and water) know where they are going to live the next two years, but we don’t! I’d rather her take her time and put us in the sites that are right for all of us, but I am so anxious to find out what I will be working in and where in the country I will be living.

On Saturday we leave to go back to Santo Domingo. It will be such a pain because we have to take our luggage on public transportation. Then, on Tuesday we meet our project partners from the communities we will be living in and leave for the rest of the week to our sites. It’s hard to believe training is almost over and we will all be leaving each other soon. It’s going to be hard to be by myself at first. I'll update you all on Monday (hopefully) when I get my site assignment!