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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Losing and Finding Myself Across the World

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One Month

Today marks exactly four weeks since I arrived in Colombia. These four weeks feel like both a lifetime and no time at all. So much has...

Around the world in 4(ish) days

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go to Introcamp, a 4 day camp put on by Rotary for the newly arrived exchange students in...

Staying Present

One of the hardest things in exchange- and in life- is staying present. Being truly in the moment, out of your head, really experiencing...

Bogotá

I feel like every day here in Colombia, I fall in love with the country a little bit more. Yesterday, I had the wonderful opportunity to...

Culture Shock and Sancocho

First of all, I would like to state the obvious: culture shock is a very real thing (as I have recently discovered). And there's no good...

My first days in Colombia

So much has happened so far- and I still can barely believe that I am actually here!!!!! My family is so loving and nice, and so is...

I'm about to leave...

The time has come... I leave on Monday! And I still haven't finished packing... whoops. I am so so excited though! My host family has...

CSRYE 2018

The Central States Rotary Youth Exchange Conference was, to say the least, the BEST WEEKEND EVER. What an amazing experience! I had the...

Welcome! An update as to what's happened so far...

Many of my family members and friends have been requesting that I start a blog that I can use throughout my exchange, so, this one's for...

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