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June 26th, 2010 - 9:36 pm § in Peru, The World

“Arte por La Memoria” y Third time´s a charm for Cajamarca!! Por fin!!!!!

Arte por La Memoria Last week during my Justicia class, a group from the organization “Arte por La Memoria” came and presented. We all waited outside while they set up. When we entered, a somber tone was set. We were asked to only sit in chairs with photographs. The group explained the[...]

June 15th, 2010 - 8:36 pm § in Chile

Why we travel

I mean, I can’t obviously give you THE answer. But I can talk about me! I traveled in my first few weeks here for a weekend to Viña del Mar and Valparaíso. They’re two towns located on the coast, about 1.5 hours from Santiago; the bus ride between them takes about ten minutes. [OU also has [..[...]

June 4th, 2010 - 9:38 pm § in Journey to Latin America

Day 6: Political Friday

I stayed up until 4 a.m. blogging about yesterday because it was the most educational and emotional day thus far. I hadn’t cried in a while, and I shed plenty of tears yesterday. I’m wasn’t sure how I stayed awake today on three hours of sleep, but it happened! The weather is usually c[...]

June 2nd, 2010 - 7:57 pm § in Journey to Latin America

Day 1: We’re in PERU! Let me repeat…we’re in PERU!

Both of our flights (from OKC to Houston, Houston to Lima) were smooth. I sat between Kim, “Proomie,” (Peru + roomie = Peroomie or Proomie for short) and Lily, a 17-year-old Peruvian from Lima. Kim and I had an opportunity to bond, and I practiced Spanish with Lily. I didn’t want to sleep beca[...]

May 29th, 2010 - 2:26 am § in Chile

Where I’ve been, and some thoughts about language

Preliminaries: Apologies for my extended absence! I was locked out of this site for a while (my fault). Also, scratch what I said about extranjeros not actually being interested in the US’ domestic politics; trying to explain the health care debate intelligibly in Spanish is incredibly difficult ([...]

May 27th, 2010 - 10:47 am § in Peru, The World

Blog Time! Machu Picchu/Jon’s trip to Peru!

Wow. I can’t believe my time here in Peru is winding down. I am almost 2/3 of the way done. A little more than 6 weeks to go.  That fact evokes a mixture of emotions–as ready as I am to come home, I still feel I have a lot more to accomplish here in Lima. [...][...]

May 9th, 2010 - 10:56 pm § in Peru, The World

No Cajamarca, but still a great weekend.

We didn’t end up going to Cajamarca this weekend after all. On Thursday, we purchased our tickets at Cruz del Sur (ida y vuelta), and boarded the bus. However, after only twenty minutes or so, I vomited (sorry) all over, multiple times. I’ll leave the details at that :/ I have [...][...]

May 6th, 2010 - 2:57 pm § in Peru, The World

Half-way Mark! and 2 trips!

This past week I finished my first (and last) round of Peruvian midterms! I have been in Lima for 9 weeks now and have 9 more left! It has gone by sooo quickly! Midterms were stressful, but I’m happy to say that I survived and had worried more than necessary (as is usual for me and [...][...]

April 19th, 2010 - 8:27 am § in London

Iceland, thanks for the extended vacation!

Hello from Spain! I was suppose to be back in the UK from our two week Easter Vacation on Friday, but I’m currently stranded in Spain because of the volcano in Iceland! Who knew it would cause this big of an issue! My friend and I are staying in Girona, Spain hoping that we will [...][...]

April 13th, 2010 - 4:39 pm § in Peru, The World

Lima in a different light

Since I last posted, I have been enjoying all that Lima has to offer– post-culture shock On the Friday before Easter Calin (friend and roomate, also from OU) went to a “country club” near our house. Our host dad showed us where to go and how to get in. We spent the day sunbathing[...]