Skype

Hello Everyone!

While we were in UlaanBataar we were able to procure a headdset and we downloaded Skype. So now we can talk to anyone who has Skype for free. Our Skype name is amprelaske and we hope to hear from everyone. As it turns out we were supposed to be back in Muren by now but due to some bad weather conditions on friday we missed our flight home. So now we are leaving on sunday. Hard to believe but we really cant wait to get back to our ger, all of our care packages from Christmas being there helps too. While we are on the subject of care packages thank you to everyone who sent them, our site mate Elizibeth said that we have a ton and we cant wait to get back to open them. We will update later when we do.
Besides for eating a bunch of good food and seeing all of our friends we are just doing the same old stuff, avoiding drunks, watching for open man holes, eating mutton. Not much new. We are approching the holiday season here which includes Shin Jil (New Years), Tsaagan Tsar

Merry Christmas

Woo, sorry about that last post. I was siting down in a cafe writing when suddenly my stomach decided it was time to get the hell out of there. I just finished eating a philly cheese steak and it was amazing. UB is truely a different world. The volunteers call it the Republic of UlaanBataar which is completley surrounded by the country of Mongolia.Its funny how acurate that statement is. So Yesterday we had our PCV Christmas party. It was amazing. Briidget, a German ex-pat and UB bakery owner, opened her summer home to us. It was about a 45 minute drive outside of UB and really pretty. Briidget and the US ambassador provided us with pleanty to drink( wine, beer, eggnog) and wonderful food (ham,turkey, stuffing, all types of salads, cookies, cake and fresh baked bread). It was so wonderful for us all to be able to celebrate and be together- they were so generous. We are definatley lucky to have such a supportive ambassador here, he actually went on a wine run for us, pretty cool. Tonight and tomorrow we will do some more holiday celebrating utalizing the wonderful UB PCV's apartments. Tonight we will make the traditional meat and potato meal and tomorrow mike's wonderful sushi. The holidays have been tough but all of us being together here makes it much easier. We love and miss everybody. Have a wonderful and safe holiday! Love Mike and Alli