Close to the apartment where I lived in Arad, the driver in this classic Dacia had fallen asleep. In the back were loaves of bread. During in-service training I stayed with a host family in Ploiesti (I felt I was the luckiest of Volunteers to have...
I had left my camera back in the US when I left to volunteer in Romania. There I acquired an old Russian Zorky-C rangefinder camera and an old very bulky medium format German camera. This picture of students was taken at one of the schools where I...
In the city of Arad, on my way to the after school program run my the orphanage where I worked, I saw this older gentleman carefully balancing on the icy sidewalk.
After the first year of service, I moved to a new apartment that had been occupied by a former Volunteer. She had left in one of the closets a few blankets. Another Volunteer in Arad and I decided to bring those blankets to a very poor family that...
This all began early after I started to work for an orphanage as an arts and crafts instructor/ English teacher. I would buy my fruits, cheese, vegetables and bread at the local "piața" or market. In the front by the street sidewalk was also a...
This is part of the market portrait photos. (This all began early after I started to work for an orphanage as an arts and crafts instructor/ English teacher. I would buy my fruits, cheese, vegetables and bread at the local "piața" or market. In...
Schools; Camps and clubs; Teachers and students; Food and meals
I was teaching Conversational English in two high schools, one was Colegiul Baptist. This picture was at the teacher's cafeteria of Colegiul National Elena Ghiba-Birta in Arad, the then director of the school Doamna Iegariu poses for the camera in...
This all began early after I started to work for an orphanage as an arts and crafts instructor/ English teacher. I would buy my fruits, cheese, vegetables and bread at the local "piața" or market. In the front by the street sidewalk was also a...
Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); Architecture;
Volunteer Tracy Mathieu in front of the English/Bosnian gate with the sign "access strictly forbidden for unemployed persons" ... a curious translation! Mostar had many foreigners vesting from pilgrimages and the city was a priority for...
This was the last moment of our PST training in Targoviste, Romania and we are so very cool as we look ahead toward our service in Romania as new Peace Corps Volunteers. Here we are one hour before swearing-in!
Volunteer Tracy Mathieu with a friend heading for a nice spicy meal on the Christian side of Mostar - after working for Mostar Women Microenterprise Loan project Prizma. The view is of the River and opposite Muslim side of Mostar. This was just...
On every hill top in Bosnia, there seems to be a Christian cross where the city is predominantly Christian. I would take a hike at lunch time from Mostar up to this hill top with a spectacular view of the river, the dam up river and North of...
This picture reflects my happiest and most memorable experience of my Peace Corps service in East Timor. On an almost nightly basis, the kids from my neighborhood in Manatuto would come over to my porch and we would color, dance, and joke around. ...
Taken in San Luis Potosi, Mexico with 6 Peace Corps volunteers (Martha, Elizabeth, Paul, Gerry, Charles and Juliet) on June 27th, 2010. We were watching the Mexico/Argentina game in an Irish Pub.