Impressive Peace Corps Volunteers

Peace Corps Volunteers are not just 22 year olds out of college, but people of all ages, including mid-career and retirees. They are a very dedicated group and I got a chance to talk to them in Tirana. Some of them were happy that they are out of the US for the next couple of years. This group arrived in Albania and Montenegro on Inauguration Day and did not know if Peace Corps would be eliminated soon after they arrived. They are still there.

Learning Albanian does not seem easy. Here is a group in the video speaking to each other in Albanian without reverting to English. Some have counterparts who speak English also, but not this group, so they are learning faster. And then there is Montenegrin, which is spoken nowhere else.Read more