Out of Africa...and into the Developed World

Greetings blog readers! I am currently enjoying the complimentary internet during my one night stay in Hotlanta thanks to my airline who, despite unbelievablely rude customer service people and booking me with only an hour to connect to my flight to Paris (which shockingly I missed), did provide a voucher for my stay here. After not being in the states for about ten months, it's a little bit weird to experience it from an airport hotel. It is, however, just as overstimulating, if not more so, than I thought it would be.

So...what the heck am I doing in Georgia? Well, my sister, the fabulous, Petra Kohler, decided that she just had to get married at an all inclusive beach resort in Mexico during my Peace Corps service. Since we have spring break from school in Burkina right now and my mom offerred to buy me a ticket, I went. Not to stray too much from Burkina stuff (technically the topic of my blog), the wedding was amazing. Petra and Lucas (her husband) got married on the beach, with their friends Bill and April officiating the ceremony. It was great to see the family for a week and to be a part of this special event in their lives. Here are some photos of PK looking hot in her wedding dress along with new member of our family Lucas, and their friends Bill and April (far right) in first photo, and Mike and loyal blog reader Rose (middle):
After a week of eating at an all you can eat buffet and drinking more than I should have, I am more than ready to return to Burkina to finish up the school year with my students. As I said before, I really enjoyed seeing my family, but not a day went by when I didn't think about my friends back in Africa...now just to negotiate getting there...