El fin, por fin
So here we are, my friends. The end of what I think has been the greatest adventure of my life thus far, and as my friend Sally says, the last bite of a truly delicious slice of pizza (8 semesters of college = one slice of college pizza per semester). I swam with the sharks, [...]
Su país (Your country)
I’m putting off finishing my final Ecuadorian paper, the only thing standing between me and reaching senior status. Writing twelve pages is a trying task in the silent libraries of Cornell, but when it’s assigned in Spanish, during your last days in a bustling capital city in the middle of the South American sunshine, it [...]
The Ecua Hour
I am approaching the end, my friends. In my final days and last few posts, I can’t help but keep sharing those little Ecua anomalies that make studying abroad a constant culture lesson.
When I first got to this country, I was warned about and prepped for something called “La hora ecuatoriana” or the [...]
El Apagón
As I approach the last several days of my adventures, I’ve decided that there’s no better time than now to reminisce and remind myself of some of the strangely wonderful moments I’ve experienced. I keep meaning to write a post about the blackout that occurred here about 10 days after I arrived. However, I didn’t [...]