I’m in Mexico City on the night before my flight to Havana, Cuba. My bag is packed with strange items that can’t be had very easily in Cuba; tea, energy bars, cough drops, aspirin, shampoo, and lots of pirated DVDs from Mexico City’s streets. I have spent the last couple of days trying to set […]
Ariana in Triana
omygatos. I have officially set my feet on the soil of the Spanish lands. I have been here for a Month now and this is my first post. Seville is beautiful, actually everywhere we have traveled has been. There is so much more history here than I am used to in my daily life and […]
One Month Down, Not Enough To Go
Today is February 10th, and we have officially been in Spain for one whole month. Thinking all the way back to Portland on January 9th, saying some really hard goodbyes, it is surprising to realize that a month has already gone by. The first month has not only gone by, it has flown by!! Madrid […]
A Precious Moment of Pure Romance
Arriving in Dublin, I looked out the windows of our charter bus expectantly. Not that I had firmly decided upon expectations of what Ireland would look like, I simply wanted to see how different everything looked on a different continent. I had seen pictures of steep cliffs overlooking infinite, grey ocean, of crags and sprawling […]
Post #2: Describing the first fieldtrip!
Whānau (pronounced ‘Fano’ and means Family in Maori), friends, and others, I made it to New Zealand! During our first field trip (a total of 13 days), our team (25 students + additional staff + kiddos) bonded tremendously while exploring the wonders of the North Island. We visited Warkworth, Paihia, Waitomo, Taupo, and Ohakune. In […]