2019-09-14
People have always been my motivation, my source of energy and accomplishments. That is why I love to travel, to fly from country to country, looking for people with the same language of perdition and adaptation. Cause more than to places, buildings or objects, we belong to the memories that anchor us to them. I...
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2019-09-13
-Me and a few of my family members- As the school year came to an end, I started thinking seriously about how to prepare for my year in Senegal. What do you bring to a place that you can hardly even imagine? So I put together a bag filled with exactly 50.0 lbs of...
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2019-09-13
Three weeks ago today, I said goodbye to the home that raised me. Two weeks ago, I landed in Ecuador. Now, I am in my new home. Nestled in a vibrant, rural landscape about an hour away from Cuenca, surrounded by crawling clouds and majestic mountains, and slowly but surely finding a new space...
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My first step of living in Ecuador is to list my goals for the year. This is scary for me because I don’t usually write my goals down, in addition once this is published I can be held accountable for them by you all. These goals are broad, and I’m sure that as the year...
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2019-09-11
Aaand we continue with Quito Street dogs are everywhere in Ecuador, however, most of them do not look sick or starved. Wuhu, a pretty balcony. Cuenca (the city where I have my Spanish classes and which is closest to Gualaceo where I live) Cuenca is beautifully located in the Southern sierra region. Again, we...
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2019-09-11
Hola gente, As promised I am finally sharing some pictures with you! (However, unfortunately, for some of them I did not have the settings quite right which is why they are a little grainy) San Francisco The number of US flags displayed on every street is astonishing! Especially to a German who only sees the...
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2019-09-11
I’ve tried writing this blog post 4 times before now. I wanted to write about how Global Launch has been culture shock in itself with all the different, and very strongly opinionated, people about to embark on their own bridge years. I wanted to write about how even though I pride myself in being an...
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