Category Archives: travel

Pagosa Springs: TRAVEL

I already miss Colorado. The weather was beautiful and the few short days were just so unbelievably relaxing. We road tripped out to Pagosa Springs with Isaac’s family for a few days of hiking, rafting, and board games in a cozy little cabin just out of town. It was wonderful. Have a look for yourself

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cuba and an unconventional easter

People are really surprised when I tell them Cuba was my favorite part of my whole semester. It makes sense for the way we’ve had it painted to us by our government. I don’t know what exactly I was expecting, but it wasn’t anything like it. Cuba was confusing and fascinating and wonderful all at...

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Home is wherever I’m with you.

And so I approach the end of my semester abroad. Tomorrow afternoon I leave for a week long stay in Cuba. Then I will be back on US soil in Miami for two days and finally back to Texas. In honor of this, I thought I’d share the song that I wouldn’t let myself listen...

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El fin de Jocotal. El comienzo de mas adventura.

In the last four months I will have traveled to 3 different countries, written 34 pages in Spanish, gone to 5 different beaches, lived with 3 different families, and eaten about a million pounds of rice and beans. (And I wish I could count the amount of times I’ve stopped in the middle of what...

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my nice little class in jocotal.

These are the ten little monsters I’ve been hanging out with for the past two weeks. They’ve made me realize a lot about myself. The first is that I will never ever ever be an elementary teacher. The other stuff is a bunch of stuff that requires way too much thinking for me right now...

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