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The day Zach and I discovered Batman (or Nichtman) ice cream bars.
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Brian and me before our seminar.
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Rocking out for my cluster on our last day of class.
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Best picture of 2007.
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Pole-dancing with my host mom.
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The first stop on the Great Chernihiv Beer Tent Crawl.
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The second stop on the tent crawl
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On the bus after saying goodbye to our Chernihiv host families. in front of me is Jonathan's host mom Tanya who gets the award for greatest host mom of 2007!
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Some dodgeball pictures. That's me on the sidelines after getting pegged.
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Me in action. That ball is heading directly you know where.
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Jonathan and I after a little nightswimming. I believe this is the moment our really annoying song we made up was born. This Simon and Garfunkel tune was sang non-stop until we were on the bus to our sites and I will never listen to "Sound of Silence" the same again.
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Party in Prolisok room.
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Jason, Jonathan and me. These are pictures from the post swearing-in party...sorry they are reversed on here.
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Brian, Geoffrey and me. I swear I'm not as drunk as I look here, but it does make for a dman funny photo.
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Dance Party Ukraine.
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Andrey, my tech teacher and translator, giving me a ride.
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My Russian teacher Olga getting down. her contract was up and she was finally legally able to drink again with us.
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Our first toast as Peace Corps volunteers. That's my scrawy arm in front holding the cup of champagne.
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Our country director giving a speech at the swearing-in ceremony.
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A really bad picture of the U.S. ambassador and his translator.
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My Chernihiv host parents and my counterpart.
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The last known picture of my cluster. I love this pic and I will miss them and the good times we shared.
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Doin a little dance on stage for Ukraine Group 32.
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A serious one.
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My cluster minus Megan and Suzi.
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clockwise from left: Greg, Sarah, Hung-Chee, Me, Stephen and Jason
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The Ukrainian orchestra that played during the ceremony.
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My counterpart Marina and Me.
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