This week was a very eventful and exciting week. We began on Monday by traveling from Matagalpa, Nicaragua to the island of Ometepe. We left nice and early at 8 AM and took private transport to the beach town of San Jorge. During the four hour van ride, we slept, listened to music, talked and eagerly awaited our arrival in San Jorge. When we got to San Jorge, we ate… Read More

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Hola familias, We started this week by moving out of our cozy hostel, Casa Seibel, and moved into homestays. Sunday morning, our weekly president, Joe lead us to the Spanish school where we were assigned partners. Then each pair left with his or her host family. Although we were all a little nervous, we very quickly realized that our host families were amazing. They provided us with great food, beautiful… Read More

Made it to Guatemala safe and sound! The mountains are absolutely beautiful, as well as parts of the culture we have experienced so far. The food is even better… they put pineapple in everything, which kind of gives us an excuse not to leave haha. There are so many dogs in the street and it makes us want to love all of them, but foreign diseases are not a good… Read More