Travel Journals

Un Da en Cuenca

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:28:59 +0000

So I have told most of you about our time in Quito our wonderful Christmas experience at the local shelter and our exciting out of town travel adventures but now I would like to give you a glimpse into our daily lives here in Cuenca Ecuador. Today our first alarm went off at 615 a.m.mdashthree alarms later Chris is up out of bed and doing pushups. Irsquom still half asleep gra

My first set of pictures…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:28:58 +0000

Yesterday one volunteer and I Jennifer spent the first half the day with two girls Marcela and Leidy. They are two of the three girls I mentioned in an earlier blog whose mother was selling gum by the park the other day. They are absolutely adorable and we had a great time teaching them and playing with them. Not know Spanish very well isn’t too bad because the children are the most patient

Ellen’s 6th Birthday

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:41 +0000

Hi everyoneEllen has had a great 6th Birthday. We were all up at 6am so she could open all of her presents. Thank you so much for sending some all the way from England and of course from those in Australia.Today Ellen chose to go to Alma Park Zoo which is about a 45 minute drive from our Aussie Home. She had a great time feeding the kangaroo’s donkey’s sheep. We also had lots of laugh’s watchin

Living in Terrabona

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:41 +0000

We spent a total of five nights in the little town of Terrabona. It was a really amazing experience because I felt like we really started to become a part of the community. We stayed at a new family run Hospedaje in Terrabona and then traveled a ways to work each day in the community of Monte Grande. Even our first night in Terrabona once we got back from dinner there were a ton of kids waiting o

Lamaspotten en eten in Peru…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:40 +0000

‘Heb jij al last van hoogteziekte’ vroegen we elkaar bij aankomst in Lima. ‘Nee ik ook niet. Lekker he’. En dan is het tijd om de gids te openen en te ontdekken dat Lima welgeteld 13 m boven zeeniveau ligt. We vonden t al zo raar dat er gewoon een strand op loopafstand van ons hostel zat. Maargoed aangezien t te koud was om te surfen mietjes zijn we en Lima voor de rest niks anders biedt da

A Winederful day

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:40 +0000

What a day What a day Of course I started out with my constant breakfast after sleeping ALL night Finally a night of undisturbed sleep. I have been waiting for that After breakfast JeanFranois and I walked a few blocks to the Muse des Compagnons du Tour de France. This is a museum at a school for traditional artisan carpenters bricklayers or stone cutters cabinet makers andor locksmit

LithuaniaDay 1

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:40 +0000

So made it to Vilnius. Sort of scary drive in from the airport on the city bus. Not anywhere near as nic as Riga and Tallinn but not badjust a lot different. Have not seen much of the Old Town yet but got some good but very filling Lithuanian food tonight there. Hostel is crowded but some good people and a little more fun than the last one. Beds are just a bit sad. Anyway up in the a

Belles du sud

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:39 +0000

StAugustine Florida 3 juilleta y est me voil en Floride moi qui ai dj dit que je n’y mettrais jamais les pieds… Mais vous auriez d voir Lon a c’est mon chat explorateur qui me suit partout il tait fou comme un balai Mais avant d’y arriver la dcouverte des villes de Charleston Caroline du Sud et de Savannah Gorgie fut un dlice… Les belles demeures coloniales la mousse

birthdays this weekend

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:39 +0000

Just wanted to wish three people a very happy birthday this weekend Paul natalie and my cousin claire.Hope you all have a fab wkend i am sure you all will. we will be thinking of you. let us know what you get up to.So happy birthday PAULhappy birthday NATALIEand happy birthday CLAIRELOTS OF LOVE FROM THE TRAVELLERSXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXsorry i took a nice

Classes

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:38 +0000

Well I finally started to take the real classes. I’ve been in orientation until today. I had grammar from 911 then history of contemporary Spain from 11051205 then Economy and Society of modern day Spain from 1210110 and then Practice of written skills from 115215. I really liked all the classes except for Economy so I switched it to Spanish Literature. All my professors are rea