Author: chelenbrook

March 23rd to March 29th, 2024 Well, this week could have gone better.  It was filled with canceled flights, food poisoning, and being banned from flights.  There was some good moments throughout the week and I did manage to get to Senegal and spend time with other Fulbrighters which was pretty nice and informative.  Overall, it was a tough […]

March 16th to March 22nd 2024 Hi everyone! Welcome to another edition of Madagascar with Charlie. This week I got back into my teaching schedule and worked on some projects at my house. I also got to play more tennis this week so I’m on the path to beating my dad.  Teaching was fun this week […]

March 9th to March 15th, 2024 I had to say goodbye to Sophie and Danny on Saturday which was super super sad.  The whole day was hard, but the final goodbye was the hardest.  It was tough to have to go to the airport and send them off to the U.S.  It felt like I […]

March 2nd to March 8th 2024 Wow what an incredible and amazing week!!  It was the week that Sophie and Danny finally came to visit, and it did not disappoint.  I was so excited for them to come that I got to the airport extra early at 11 o’clock at night.  Their flight didn’t land […]

February 24th to March 1st 2024 Wow this was the last week I had to get through before Sophie and Danny got here to Madagascar.  At the time of writing this they are already here, and it has been amazing so far, but I’ll talk about that more in my next post.  This week I had a busy week […]

February 17th to February 23rd 2024 This week I was able to fully recover from being sick and was be a little more productive and have more fun.  Many of the students, still have exams going on so I didn’t teach a ton this week, but I was able to help with a few classes and […]

February 3rd to February 16th 2024 Hi everyone!  You may have noticed that you did not hear from me last week… That is because I got a little bit behind on writing and now have to combine the past two weeks together.  The beginning of the first week was eventful, but then I got sick […]

January 27th to February 2nd 2024 Hello everybody! This past week was filled with programs at the American Corner, teaching at school, and a visit from my Fulbright mentor.  Being here in Madagascar keeps me busy which is good because when I am busy, I do not miss home, my family, or Sophie as much.   […]

January 20th to January 26th 2024 I was very excited on Sunday, because my plan was to watch the Buffalo Bills play the Chiefs.  I hadn’t been able to watch many of their other games because of the time difference, but this game was their biggest game of the season so I couldn’t miss it.  […]

January 13th to January 19th 2024 Hey I’m late posting this but life has been busy lately. Well, it was bound to happen at some point.  After 3 months of being here I finally got sick and had food poisoning.  I ate some meat samosas from a restaurant here and three hours later I was […]