2017-04-04
Hi all! One of the most important parts of my bridge year was music. Here are my top 15 songs from my year in Ecuador. 1. Despacito- Lusi Fonsi (feat. Daddy Yankee) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk 2. Me Llamas- Piso 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12g_0CK7PE 3. Otra Vez- Zion & Lennox (feat. J Balvin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5i6wQCOCQ 4. Dile Que Tu Me Quieres-...
Read More2017-03-20
Hello all and welcome back! While this may be a little late for this kind of blog post, I wanted to share what my daily life has been like in Ecuador with you. I have been living in the northern province of Imbabura, in the capital city of Ibarra. It is a fairly small city,...
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2017-03-08
Hello and welcome back for my third blog post! As you may or may not know, a part of every fellow’s bridge year is language learning. For my cohort, our Spanish classes are every Thursday. Since we were all going to be in the same place around the same times, it only seemed logical to...
Read More2016-11-06
Most of my adventures in Ecuador have been incredible. (Note: being chased by stray dogs in the street is most likely not one of the more incredible ones, but they definitely lead to a funny story.) However, most have been followed by an unavoidable challenge— language barriers. More often than not, I find myself intensely...
Read More2016-09-19
And in the blink of an eye, the two months of preparation had ended, and I found myself waiting for my first flight to Chicago to take off before flying to California. It was the exact moment that the plane started taxiing that I began to panic. How was I supposed to navigate life in...
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