Colombia - Study Abroad

I’m home! And enjoying the beautiful Colorado sunshine and dry air. Wait, what? I mean the rainiest June I have ever seen and humidity...

This blog post has been sitting on my metaphorical writing desk for quite some time and as the semester draws to a close I have finally...

It’s hard to believe the semester is nearly over. I’ve got a couple more posts in the works before it all comes to a close but in...

It’s time for part 2 of my Semana Santa adventuring with my parents. What’s next on the list? Murder Capital of the World turned Safest...

Semana Santa, or my spring break, was a couple weeks ago and my parents flew down to go adventuring with me. So naturally, I decided we...

I couldn’t sleep last night so I present you with a little 2am writing… It’s the strangest thing I exist between incarnations of water In...

There are a few things about Barranquilla that I’ve been saving up photos of and I think it’s about time I share some of them with you!...

It’s hard to beat hiking up a seemingly endless hill in the midst of a tropical forest, so sweaty you feel you could ring the liters of...

From the minute we arrived in Barranquilla we were told about Carnival. Then the hype leading into the event was enormous. The question...

Just two hours from Barranquilla is the historic city of Cartagena or, as it felt like to our group, ‘The Miami of Colombia.’ Unlike...

My week hasn’t been wildly exciting but I figured you might enjoy some commentary on life in the streets here because that can be quite...

Ok, so you know how I haven’t mentioned being homesick down here? Well, somehow I really haven’t been… until this weekend. I would have...

Part 1: Why I think I’m on vacation Let me start off with gratitude to the Barranquilleros (what the locals seem to call themselves) and...

Hola! As the first week of this big adventure is coming to a close I wanted to take the time to share some photos and first impressions...