Today we woke up and headed to the Madison Farmer’s Market. One of the largest (if not the largest) farmer’s markets in the United States, there were hundreds of stalls set up encircling the main government building downtown. I woke up with a cup of tea at my sister’s apartment. I meant to get mint … Continue reading Madison Farmer’s Market
This morning I had meeting with the University of Madison-Wisconsin. Since I’m a rising senior, it’s time for me to begin looking at potential graduate programs to attend. Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly what I want to do or who I want to be when I grow up. My dad always told me he didn’t … Continue reading Visiting Graduate Schools
Immediately when I returned from Ibague to Charlotte, my family left on a road trip to Madison, Wisconsin, to see my sister, Mikal, and her boyfriend, Gavin. Here also I have a meeting with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s graduate programs. Before we left, it deluged at my home. Kay (really our neighbor, but actually our … Continue reading On The Road Again
The last day we spent in the old city of Cartagena. Bea, Kimi, Sofie, and I walked around souvenir shopping. Because I left the next day, it was imperative that I get things for my family. I had already gotten a few things, but I really like supporting local artists and finding gifts my family … Continue reading Old Cartagena and Homeward Bound
After the hidden beach day, we drove to Cartagena. The beach trip was- surprise, surprise- really long and really hot. But we drove against the ocean for miles and miles, and, true to Cristian’s words, the window was my television. We passed this stadium and stopped to take pictures, and I think it was so … Continue reading Cartagena and Candy Blue Waters
On Wednesday we went to a little hidden beach a short way (even by non-Colombian standards!) away from Santa Marta. We drove this short way through mountains of desert. This is something else that I’ll highlight here. In Colombia, you encounter abject poverty in many places, until you turn a corner and are surrounded by … Continue reading The Hidden Beach
The first full day of the trip (I guess it’d be Tuesday since we travelled all of Sunday night and most of Monday) we went to a place where a river meets the ocean. The land we were surrounded by in Santa Marta was desert orange and dusty, and the mountains were spiked with cactuses … Continue reading Just Around the Riverbend
…it means, basically, “hold on to your diapees!” Let me preface this by saying that there are three basic steps to handling crisis situations when faced with them as a leader of any group of people. If you are a leader and you notice that a crisis situation might be forming, you subtly and quietly … Continue reading What it Really Means When a Leader Says “This is a Team-Building Activity.”
Yesterday we had the Arts and Environment Festival that had been planned by the Festival Team for five weeks. Every country represented had a table decorated with symbols of their country and food that was typical of their home. We also had a table where the arts and crafts that our foundations (ninos and abuelitos) … Continue reading That Gringa Batwoman
Yesterday we had a meeting early in the morning to finish coordinating the festival held today, and to finalize plans for next week’s trip. Afterwards, we went horseback riding. We rode the 45 minutes to the location, all eight of us, in a cramped bus/car thing I forgot the name of- but we made the … Continue reading Riding Horses in Colombia
Traveler at the Edge 