Bittersweet Goodbyes
Hola friends and family! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year spent with your loved ones! In order to maintain my visa, I need to leave Guatemala every 90 days, so I was also able to spend…
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Hello 2024!
Hi Blog! I hope everyone had a good christmas! I know I sure did, I had the best time celebrating in Egypt with my friends, and getting closer to my coworkers through a fun secret santa! In work news, I…
Winter break whirlwind travels
Merry Christmas and happy New Year from Southeast Asia! I celebrated with friends on Christmas day, then departed for my travels to Taiwan, Cambodia, and Laos shortly after. Although it’s a lot of traveling to fit into a short period…
Merry Christmas from Casa Gloria
Hola friends and family! Christmas is in full swing in our little aldea. Presents are all wrapped and more fireworks are set off every day. In Guatemala, Christmas is celebrated on the 24th and gifts are opened at midnight, so…
Secret Santa and the Opera!
Hi blog! The past couple of weeks haven’t been the easiest, but we got through them, and that’s all that matters! Volunteering: I’ve been inching a little towards burnout due to a compilation of factors. Winter weather and early sunsets…
Strolls, Bakeries, and Churches
Hello again! For the past two weeks, as winter and early sunsets have set in, I’ve been intentional about forcing myself to go out a little bit more, even if it’s just for a one-hour stroll in the street. I’ve…
Khao Yai national park & Christmas preparations
Khao Yai: I recently went on a weekend trip to Khao Yai, which is about 2 hours from Bangkok. The highlight of the trip was going to Khao Yai national park, Thailand’s first national park. My friend and I did…
It Finally Feels like Winter
Hey Blog, I hope you are all well! I finally feel like I have some updates for you guys that are exciting! The first thing is my efforts in trying to balance my time here with my applications for law…
You Win Some and You Lose Some
Hola friends and family! Although I haven’t taken any trips in the past two weeks, I think I’ve had more new experiences than any other two-week period thus far! I am continually amazed at how many opportunities continue to arise…
Almost Christmas!
**I wrote this blog two weekends ago, but the site was down, and I didn’t get a chance to post it afterwards, so just pretend I posted it then;) Happy Thanksgiving!! Egypt doesn’t really celebrate Thanksgiving, obviously, so I honestly…