He Said/She Said - Caracas, Venezuela Here We Come!

We apologize for the slight delay in posting, but as you can guess, the last 12+ hours have been pretty crazy. It is official... around October we will be heading to Caracas, Venezuela for two years.

Those we have talked to have been wondering how we're feeling about this assignment. We'd be lying if we didn't say we were very happy and a little disappointed at the same time... not to mention completely shocked. It turns out that a few positions on our list had been removed and duplicate assignments had been added. So, when Caracas had already been assigned we were blown away to see another Venezuelan flag come out and to hear our name announced.

Venezuela will be a good post in that Brian will learn Spanish and will be speaking it quite well by the end of the tour. As a Vice-Consul he'll be interacting daily with the public handling visa requests. The political atmosphere with Hugo Chavez will also make the situation interesting to witness first hand. One of the biggest challenges we anticipated with Venezuela will be the challenge of finding work for Steph. The political situation has caused many multi national companies to leave Venezuela and there may not be many opportunities outside of the embassy. We will have to wait and see what the situation is really like as we really start to dig into the opportunities.

Venezuela is a beautiful country with opportunities to see Angel Falls, Margarita Island, and eat lots of Arepas. We are excited about our new adventure and hope to see many of you there!!