I am loving my time at Banbangkhae home for older adults. It is a very rewarding experience. Yesterday they took us on a field trip to a school outside of Bangkok with a group of older adults. Every month a group of the older adults are taken out to a impoverished school where they do […]
Most of the volunteers left town this weekend, so it was just two of my girlfriends and I at the CCS house for the weekend. We wanted down time since our weeks have been so busy as a group. On Saturday, Michele, Holly, and I decided to sleep in. Then we meet up with the […]
Every night, after we volunteer at our placements CCS has taken us to tourist destinations. They do a great job of hitting the highlights of Bangkok and giving volunteers some local perspective. My two favorite experiences thus far, have been a lecture on Buddhism and an Agricultural tour. We met with a very famous local […]
My volunteer placement in Bangkok is at the Banbangkhae Social Welfare Development Center for Older Persons. It is a very large facility and the oldest elderly home in Thailand. It has become a training facility and sets the standard for elder care nationwide. Banbangkhae One can house four hundred and fifty residents at varying levels […]
My last few days have been jam packed of positive learning experiences. Day 1: First we were given a general overview. We learned more about Thai culture, the Cross Cultural Solutions (CCS) program, the house rules, and travel safety. Then we were sent out in groups for a scavenger hunt. My group had to go […]
After breakfast and a few errands this morning, Josh came with me to the Cross Cultural Solutions (CCS) base where I will be living for the next two weeks. We shared lunch and then he took a cab to the airport around 1pm (our time) to start his 24-plus hour journey back to the states. […]
We’re back in the states! We arrived this evening and will be staying with Aunt JoAnn here in Concord. It was a long two days of travel but we are happy to be home, almost. Ciao
Ending our trip at Lake Como was a wonderful way to spend our last couple of days in Italy. We were really able to relax and unwind from all the previous site seeing. The highlight of the last few days was a boat tour of the lake. It was a romantic ride at dusk with only […]
We were in Venice for one night and two days. It is a beautiful city, decadent and romantic. We can see why it appeals to so many tourists. The tourists, however, were the reason that we did not care for Venice as much as the South of Italy. The best part was, as so many […]
We spent an entire day relaxing today in the Cinque Terre region, a national park on the coast of Italy. There are these five beautiful little towns right near the water. We laid on the beach and swam for the 1st time in Italy. The water is much colder that in the south, like Sapri. After an afternoon nap, we […]
