Thursday, 3 Apr 2014 | Views [367]
I feel like today is worth it's own short blog post. Today was my last day with the children at school because tomorrow there is a parents meeting and the kids will not be there. I bought a pinata and stuffed it with candy, crayons, pencils, pencil sharpeners, ... Read more >
Thursday, 3 Apr 2014 | Views [446]
Even though I was sad about it being my last weekend in Guatemala and the affordable trips to beautiful places were coming to an end, I was very excited to be finally heading to the one place that I had been waiting to go to since I arrived 6 weeks ago.... Read more >
Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014 | Views [478]
What to say about this weekend except...holy crap. The week started with some St. Patty's day fun and good news about acceptance into my Graduate program! :) Then it came to a close with some celebratory dancing on the bar at La Sala and a departure ... Read more >
Monday, 17 Mar 2014 | Views [442]
So this week and weekend was another classic week in Guatemala. Most of the week was the typical Antigua life. I have 2 tandem language partners now. One Guatemalan girl at 9am and a Venezuelan girl at 10am. It's really great because we meet up for an ... Read more >
Sunday, 9 Mar 2014 | Views [342]
So this week was fairly uneventful but some notable things happened for sure...My week at placement was pretty great. On Tuesday there was a "fiesta de Carnival" (kind of like Fat Tuesday) at school and the children all dressed up in costumes and brought ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014 | Views [416]
This country is beautiful!! The weather has been amazing so far and the landscape of Antigua is breathtaking! When I first arrived, I was taken here to Maximo Nivel to check in, and then brought to my "homestay"...I was under the impression that I would ... Read more >