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Apr 13th

My group’s delicious tart from cooking class!

Apr 9th

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Spring Break Hockey

This spring break, I think I spent a majority of the time on hockey, like a good little Buffalonian/Cornellian girl. Of course, it was all Big Red Hockey.. :) The awesome thing about spring break is that everyone leaves campus, so quarterfinals tickets for hockey become incredibly easy to find! So, I brought some friends to those games… :) and we got to enjoy lots of fun Dave...

Apr 9th

My groups yummy almond tuile cookies from cooking class!

Apr 7th

Mar 15th

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Dragon Day!

Dragon by the AAP students from dragon day! Too bad they never burned it… something about burning non-natural products being bad for the environment? Anyways, they made a “nest” thing out of wood and burned that, but it was lame. They weren’t allowed to burn costumes either. Also, possibly the best costumes ever: From For Tumblr Although, who would pikachu have to talk...

Mar 13th

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Plantations!

Greg and I went exploring in the plantations just before spring break… so, here are some pics! :) we found some super sweet horses… and climbed some sculptures… And rang the bell! Check one off the “161 Things…” list! :)

Mar 13th

Mar 11th

Mar 6th

Feb 22nd

Feb 15th

Feb 7th

Feb 6th

postcards

Unfortunately, I didn’t find any good postcards while I was abroad, and am now at a loss for what to send to friends who are far away. I had the idea of making postcards out of some of my photos, and am now working on finding an online service to help me out. Considering two sites right now.. hazelmail and catprint. If anyone knows of other good options, I’m open to input for the next...

Jan 22nd

La Prensa Article →

Jan 21st

Greg's blog →

Greg (my boyfriend) was also part of the group that went to Ocotal, Nicaragua over winter break. His blog entries contain a bit more background info, paragraphs, and probably make more sense. :)

Jan 19th

“Prefiero que las personas planchen mas arboles. (Translation: I prefer that...”

– Steve Kash, in Spanish class.

Jan 19th

Francine: Is that toilet paper in the trees?!

Jeanette: They're flowers, you stupid whore!

Jan 19th

Jan 13th

Jan 11: Trip to Depilto

Today we took another trip to Depilto, a nearby town with a famous restaurant called McDouglas (I think) and lots of coffee and sugar cane farms surrounding it. We took public transportation buses from the Shell gas station, which I still had trouble finding. (In my defence, the streets here have no names, no signs, and all look the same!) It was super crowded, with every seat filled and people...

Jan 13th

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I realized last night that I hadn’t really written anything on this blog-type thing. tumblr makes it so easy to post individual photos that that’s mostly what I did! As you can see from my schedule, every day has been really busy here! It is as complete an immersive cultural experience as I have ever had, and possibly as much as I can handle. Each student in my group of 15 from...

Jan 8th

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Three Kings Day, in Ocotal, Nicaragua.

Jan 8th

dia del tres reyes

Today is the day of the three kings in Ocotal, Nicaragua, and there was a parade through town! by which I mean, a truck drove through town tossing candy out onto the streets, and a HUGE crowd of kids followed it around picking up random trinkets. I picked up a random nail file they were tossing around. Video coming soon!

Jan 7th

A typical day in Nicaragua

6:15am - Wake up, eat breakfast of papaya and bananas. 7am-12pm - go to work! on water treatment plant at local technical school. 12pm-2pm - lunch with la familia and shopping, maybe some time to go to a cyber cafe. 2pm-3pm - Nicaragua history & politics class 3pm-4pm - Spanish language class 4:pm-4:45pm - Conversation Class 4:45pm-5:30pm - DANCE CLASS (mi favorita :D) 6pm-7pm - Group...

Jan 6th

“we bailar’ed.”

– Celeste, spanglish master.

Jan 5th