Fortune cookie I got at Thai Noodle House on Guadalupe in Austin while eating with teammates :)
We had our first day of training yesterday. It was great to finally meet the UT Team (University of Texas) and they're all really really cool people. While we're headed for the West Bank for our project, the UT Team is headed for Haiti. We leave Wednesday but they have until Saturday to do their last-minute packing :P
Training consisted of the twelve of us (5 from the National Team and 7 from the UT Team) sitting in on a bunch of discussion/informal lectures about various topics; everything from travel logistics and local culture to social media and photography (we actually had an AMAZING talk with a wonderful local photographer named Sarah Wilson: www.sarahwilsonphotography.com).
After hours, we went to a dive called TC's in East Austin to unwind to the jams of the Little Elmore Reed Blues Band (playing every "Blues" Monday at that exact locale). They were incredible and it was so much fun (and Austin earns even more points in my book . . .).
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