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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Traveling’
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 ([...]
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. [...][...]
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 [...][...]
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 [...][...]
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[...]