Monday, June 13, 2011

4 days before departure

I've just received more information on my accommodation in Amherst. This is the ITD House or the Burnett house. It provides lodging to international participants during programs in Amherst. The house has eleven bedrooms and six bathrooms, a dining room, and a large living room which is equipped as an educational theater. A computer laboratory, laundry facilities, and a ping-pong room are available for all participants. The ITD House was previously known as the Burnett House. It was built in the colonial Revival style in 1898 by William A. Burnett, owner of the H.D. Fearing Haberdashery (hat-making business). This house is well known and loved in Amherst. 
I'll be accommodated here on the second floor. My house mates on the second floor include participants from Norway, France, Bulgaria, Belgium, and Russia. Third floor is for participants from Oman, Ecuador, China, and Togo. 
The rest of the participants will stay in Seelye dormitory in Amherst College, including participants from Barbados, Cameroon, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Latvia, Macedonia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, and Portugal.