A Welcome in Each Farewell
I’m home! And enjoying the beautiful Colorado sunshine and dry air. Wait, what? I mean the rainiest June I have ever seen and humidity...
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Colombia - Study Abroad
I spent the spring semester of my junior year studying abroad in Barranquilla, Colombia! Below are updates from my trip!
May 30, 2023
Painfully Privileged
This blog post has been sitting on my metaphorical writing desk for quite some time and as the semester draws to a close I have finally...
May 15, 2023
A Smattering of Stories
It’s hard to believe the semester is nearly over. I’ve got a couple more posts in the works before it all comes to a close but in...
May 1, 2023
A City Reinvented
It’s time for part 2 of my Semana Santa adventuring with my parents. What’s next on the list? Murder Capital of the World turned Safest...
Apr 24, 2023
Elvis’s Amazon
Semana Santa, or my spring break, was a couple weeks ago and my parents flew down to go adventuring with me. So naturally, I decided we...
Apr 19, 2023
First Rain in Barranquilla
I couldn’t sleep last night so I present you with a little 2am writing… It’s the strangest thing I exist between incarnations of water In...
Apr 10, 2023
Food and Fabric Shopping
There are a few things about Barranquilla that I’ve been saving up photos of and I think it’s about time I share some of them with you!...
Mar 17, 2023
A Return to Sweaty Paradise
It’s hard to beat hiking up a seemingly endless hill in the midst of a tropical forest, so sweaty you feel you could ring the liters of...
Mar 4, 2023
Lost in a Sea of Carnival
From the minute we arrived in Barranquilla we were told about Carnival. Then the hype leading into the event was enormous. The question...
Feb 23, 2023
Colombia’s Miami?
Just two hours from Barranquilla is the historic city of Cartagena or, as it felt like to our group, ‘The Miami of Colombia.’ Unlike...
Feb 10, 2023
In the Streets of Barranquilla
My week hasn’t been wildly exciting but I figured you might enjoy some commentary on life in the streets here because that can be quite...
Feb 2, 2023
Homesick in Paradise
Ok, so you know how I haven’t mentioned being homesick down here? Well, somehow I really haven’t been… until this weekend. I would have...
Jan 26, 2023
Am I on vacation? Oh right… we are here for school
Part 1: Why I think I’m on vacation Let me start off with gratitude to the Barranquilleros (what the locals seem to call themselves) and...
Jan 19, 2023
First Impressions
Hola! As the first week of this big adventure is coming to a close I wanted to take the time to share some photos and first impressions...
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