michellevitone:

Today in the 3rd grade we celebrated St. Valentines day by making hearts and learning how to say “I love you,” in English.

michellevitone:

My first birthday in Macedonia! Here is the Macedonian language teacher/my host mother with the beautiful 4 layer cake she made me. ♥

Happy birthday, Michelle!

“I arrived at site in mid December and was invited to an office Christmas Lunch. I accepted the invitation but the “lunch” was really a dinner and a huge party at a local restaurant. The night included dancing and singing by all. As I know now as typical in Macedonia - a group of musicians showed up playing various instruments and I captured this photo with the musicians and one of my colleagues at the city hall.” - Peace Corps Community Development  Karen Schaan

Macedonia - 2007