CASI COLOMBIANA

My Rotary Youth Exchange from the United States to Colombia

One girl, two suitcases, and nothing but adventure ahead. Follow me on my year long journey as an American Rotary Youth Exchange student in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia.

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Witnessing Poverty

I just got back today from a trip to the Caribbean Coast with my Colombian YEO and his family. Though this wasn't my first time to the...

A Colombian Christmas

Christmas in Colombia is very different than Christmas in the United States, as to be expected. First of all, Christmas in Colombia is a...

Diciembre, Amigos, and the Best Year Ever

Primero, voy a escribir en español. And later, I will write in English. Bilingual post, here we go. Diciembre ha llegado! Y con la misma...

Viaje Caribe

El domingo, regresé de un viaje inolvidable a la costa colombiana. Fui con casi todos los intercambistas que hay acá en Colombia....

Three Months of Growth and Learning

It has been three months since I arrived here in Colombia. It is commonly known exchange student wisdom that the first three months are...

Happiness

Being happy is hard, and for most of my life, I have let my circumstances decide my happiness for me. For a while here in Colombia, I was...

Good Times, Hard Times

It's been over two months now since I arrived in Colombia. So much has happened in so little time, and I have learned so much, too! About...

Mi Cumpleaños

Hoy, cumplí 17 años! Aunque 17 no tiene la importancia de los dulces 16 ni la libertad de los 18, todavía es importante. Es mi año final...

Amor y Amistad

Yesterday was el Día del Amor y Amistad here in Colombia (translated it is The Day of Love and Friendship). It's essentially like a...

Adjusting at School

School here in Colombia is different, to say the least. So far, adjusting to these differences has been the hardest part of my exchange....

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