Written by Central America Student, Arianna Cochrane
What’s new?
We were in San Juan staying in homestays for our second and final week! Which also means our final week of Spanish school! We are all glad we got to improve our Spanish so much, but definitely happy we made it through it all. Our group also had painting classes and weaving classes, and we got to learn the history behind them in San Juan! We also got to attend a coffee tour, thanks to the co-owner of the Eco Spanish School, Benedicto!
Our Top Highlights of the Week
🎓 We graduated from our second school! We had a giant feast and got to taste lots of the traditional food made by our host families, and we also got to help make a food called dobladas. So yummy and so much fun!
🫘 We got to learn the history and the process of coffee making in San Juan, and we got to taste the deliciousness of it afterward!
🖌️ We all finished the projects we had been working on for the past couple of days. Two students painted beautiful paintings, and three of us wove beautiful articles of clothing/bags.
Challenges Faced
San Juan is in a drought since we are in the dry season. Lots of the water in the houses was shut off, so we had to learn to be conservative with our water and not be wasteful. It was definitely a challenge for all of us but it also taught us to be more aware of our water consumption!
What’s Next?
Next week we have student-directed travel. We are all so excited to experience all the activities we chose to do and see how well we budgeted. We cant wait for the adventures ahead!
