One of the perks of joining the Foreign Service is that the State Department takes care of moving you and your belongings from place to place. This is a very good thing because the job requires a move about every two years and this relocation is generally international in scope. State contracts with big burly men in big gas-guzzling trucks to come out to your house, pack all of your belongings, carry all of those boxes and heavy pieces of furniture out to the truck (in our most recent case down four flights of stairs), and then do it all in reverse at the final destination.
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Welcome to the first of many articles written for Great Diversions blog. I started this site in order to share with my friends, family, and soon-to-be-friends the highlights and lowlights as I undergo my training in the Foreign Service of the U. S. Department of State. Getting to this point in my life has been a development years in the making and if I can make it half as interesting to my readers as I expect it to be for me, then you have found a place on the web to kick back, learn, and day dream.
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