Nobody Panic, it´s Just a Derrumbe
If you’re reading this and you’re a fellow Cornellian, you’re no stranger to daily downpours. Ecuador doesn’t have a spring, summer, fall and winter like we do in New York, but there are two distinct seasons here: wet and dry. Leave it to me to leave the rainiest place I’ve ever been (my beloved Ithaca) [...]
Just a little farther…
If you’ve read my latest posts you’ll know that sometimes when I’m lost here in Ecuador, things seem to work out perfectly. Someone will swoop in to play the hero, rescuing me from a sticky situation at just the right moment. Most of the time, however, things don’t seem to go quite so smoothly.
I’ve [...]
It’s a Small World After All
Hola again, all! I hope my college friends are looking forward to their time off from school next week and possibly a hiatus from the snow and cold. Here in Ecuador (and most of Latin America), our Spring Break falls at the beginning of April when the entire country gets 2 weeks off for Semana [...]
La America o Las Americas?
I clearly remember learning about the seven continents in my second grade class during a geography unit: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. There was a colorful map, a short quiz and maybe even a song involved, but there certainly wasn’t a discussion. There were seven undisputedly distinct continents and six [...]