2019-03-08
I realize I’ve done a poor job of sharing the day-to-day experience of my life in Ecuador. To paint a picture (and to document for my future self) I’ve made a list of some sounds, tastes, and smells. 🙂 S O U N D S – Musicians walking from restaurant to restaurant playing music on...
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Some of my multi-lingual UWC friends may find this read somewhat amusing but I’m writing to share my perspective on learning a second language and becoming proficient in such. Senegal has many local languages, Wolof being the most common. Before coming to Senegal I was convinced that I would be learning French but upon arriving...
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2019-03-07
I’m sitting outside watching my favorite neighborhood kid play with his toy. He’s three years old and throwing things. He always throws his toys at the watchmen and smiling passerbys. He climbs up the parking garages of neighboring buildings and throws plastic cricket bats onto the street. No one stops him, this neighborhood is his...
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2019-03-06
I recently got back from the most amazing trip with my family to the Galápagos Islands! My parents and my sister, Claire, came to visit me in Ecuador for a week, and it was so great to have them finally see my second home. We had so much fun during our action-packed vacation, and I’m...
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I wrote this blog in October, never posting it, wanting to know where my observations would go: “Two men frantically yelling ‘Mattheus’ and ‘Lucas’ up and down the street stop me while I’m walking to the bus. They explain that they have a meeting with these two others, but don’t have an exact address, hoping...
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2019-03-06
December 24, 2018 ~ First time I went to Touba, where the great big mosque is located. It was an amazing experience. I woke up one day and I told my host brother that we should go, we got on a bus and left. the ride was long from where I live. I always...
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