The worldwide Augustana College experience
Change is unavoidable. It can be good, it can be bad, it can be both. The key to change is whether you resist it or welcome it. I know I have welcomed changed on this trip, but how? I can do my best to answer now, but at this moment I don’t feel I can [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by angela-baumgartner
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We finally made it to Mexico, marking the last few weeks of our trip here in Latin America. I am already really excited to get home because I miss it and the people so much, but at the same time I am enjoying my time here, so I think I’m in a good situation. Another [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by angela-baumgartner
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By the beginning of October we’d been traveling around South America for over a month and so far everything had been vastly different from the United States. None of the major stores, products, restaurants, or fast food places have been spotted, except for the occasional McDonalds, Coca-cola, Doritos, and Oreos. Whenever we would see something [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by angela-baumgartner
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Wow. I was just on top of the world. Literally. It was so amazing that I am still a little awestruck. It’s so hard to describe something that you have to feel and experience for yourself to understand the magnitude of it, but I am going to try. One of the things I was looking [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by angela-baumgartner
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It’s officially 12:05 am and I’m ready to celebrate the end of the Challenge by logging onto Facebook for the first time in a week (I kind of wanted a Big Mac, but it’s a little late right now… tomorrow?). Before I go anywhere, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the past [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2009 by elizabeth-hinds
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Now that we’ve spent a couple of weeks here in Mexico, I would like to give a small taste of my experience so far. Top 5 things I think of when I think of Mexico:
Posted on October 29th, 2009 by taralee-morgan
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I have a confession to make and that is that I spent all of my “free time” today researching for my History project. Does that count as something cultural? “I will spend no less than one hour either visiting a cultural site or in a public place observing and people watching in an effort to [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2009 by elizabeth-hinds
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Armed with tickets to the ballet, I loaded the bus for Mexico City yesterday morning. For the General Admission price, I was able to get four tickets in a private balcony near the stage. I had talked to some friends beforehand about going, but when I talked to them again yesterday, they said “maybe”. It’s [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2009 by elizabeth-hinds
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I was going to save this for tomorrow, but I’ll be in Mexico City all day! I was sitting at the Zocalo before class this morning, half reading, half watching people go by. As I was watching, something struck me that I’ve only kind of noticed before: People here are really affectionate. And I don’t [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2009 by elizabeth-hinds
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Yesterday morning, at 2am, the time in Mexico fell back an hour. At 1am, 2am, 2am, 3:30am and on until about 6am, I was waking up and checking the time because I was paranoid that “maybe the time didn’t change today”. My phone and laptop never switched (even when I power cycled my phone) which [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2009 by elizabeth-hinds
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