5 October 2014聽 Time flies. Our first assignment once we had settled into Bansko was to head out into town, find a cafe, order a drink, and sit for at least 2 hours. Andrew stressed the importance of this assignment: in the Balkans, afternoons are leisurely and time is understood relatively. Here, productivity was not....
Relationship beyond language
3 October 2014 Yana, my beautiful Bulgarian host, is a typical Bulgarian grandmother through and through. Two things I have come to realize throughout the past week and a half of living with her is that 1) She notices everything, and 2) slippers are key to success in life. When I was first dropped into....
A beautiful beginning
Leaving Goodbyes and hellos Well wishes and bus rides Excitement Finally getting there Jet lag Gazing out bus windows, Picturesque landscapes. Flashbacks to past travels Tight, cobbled streets Breathtakingly beautiful Babas and stray cats Greeted with bread and the salt of life Settling in and finding ground Traditional architecture, Romantic stone walls holding histories Red....
Sevilla
It鈥檚 true. The sun does shine here in Sevilla. A聽lot. It shines until it is 100 degrees (10 second pity party- my house has no AC and no fan. Also, this is my second attempt at this post because I聽somehow messed up after writing for a solid 35 minutes…I’m all smiles right now). The transition....
Immersed in the Babel
The Tower of Babel-Genesis 11: “So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel鈥攂ecause there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” Since coming to....
Clean water and spiritual refreshment
This past week was full of ups and downs. Our group as a whole was quite nervous about our stay at Utooni for our sand dam project. We had no toilet, no shower, slept on metal cots, and ate the same food every meal for 5 days. For a typical American, it sounds a little....
Lithuania 2014
Lithuania 2014
Cadiz, Spain: Summer 2014
The Ups and Downs of Puebla
After leaving the hustle of Mexico City, we were pleasantly welcomed by the more relaxed atmosphere in Puebla. As soon as we arrived at the Spanish Institute of Puebla, we had a brief orientation to the Institute, then if was off to our new host families. In contrast to our host families in Guatemala, we....