Ive decided, Incans had to have had mad glutes and calves (or legs in general). Their epic stairs have kicked my ass and have left me feeling the 2nd dare soreness for sure! But, now I can finally sa...
Literally. So, the job has ended and my VZ visa has expired, but Im still South of the border. Before heading home I decided it necessary to take advantage of cheaper flights and travel to Peru to fu...
Or, "Just another bus ride in VZ"Pardon my absence. I had actually kind of thought of quitting this, that is until this weekend gave me one of those "solo en VZ" stories I thought wor...
So Ive talked about the community center a bit already, remember? Two bio major friends invited me to their community service to give a workshop on how to make the recycled plastic bags. I decided I ...
Last weekend Id originally planned to go to the beach with my friend Betania. After realizing how far away the beach she had in mind is, we decided to put that off for a 3 day weekend down the road. ...
.. and I LOVED it!!!Story time! So, Monday, as I was wrapping up my day and getting ready to head home, I walked past the English department office and was stopped by María Irene, the head of the dep...
1-Last weekend (counts as “this last week” in my book) I went to Maracaibo, the 2nd largest city in VZ, to reunite with my ETAs to present at the VenTESOL conference. TESOL, for those not in the Engl...
That is, on those days, like today, when I fight the urge to sleep in and get up to go work out. You see, in order for me to workout here in the land of eternal summer, I have to wake up- were talkin...
Excuses: I was waiting until I had something positive to write about. When positive things came along, I was somewhat busier and not in the blogging mentality.Why did I have to wait for something pos...
Ive not been the best blogger of late. Better late than never? Well, Ill have the Ecuador fixed up with photos after I take care of this week-late Panama entry. So, here I go:The week in Panama sped ...
also known as the week of too much to eatYes, that is correct, we just wrapped up our midyear conference and the one thing that every single English Teaching Assistant will say is that we were fed we...
that Ill never get used to.For example: how early some places close, especially on the weekends. I, naturally, waited until the day before I am to leave for my conference to print off photos for my p...
Well... since I seem to have missed the WHOLE month of March, lets see if I can make up for it in few words: technology decided to abandon me.First it was my computer and then my cellphone, both left...
During a role play today in class, one of my guys yelled out to the other, "Youre a hen!"It took all of two perplexed seconds before I erupted into a fit of laughter. That same student looked...
Looking on the bright side has never proved as fruitful as it did this weekend.So I thought my next post would be about the AWESOME weekend I was to have on Margarita Island. Well that was before Olg...
Disclaimer: these are MY observations, obviously generalizations, not true for everyone, of course. Also, I might add, not true for the country as a whole, either, Ive been limited to Valencia and tw...
but I now think that I can appreciate the need for a good freeze: it kills the bugs.The mosquitoes, while annoying and still chowing down on this gringa blood, are nothing compared to the itty bitty ...
All I had to do all along was look a little closer to home. Yesterday, I went with a couple of friends to go hike Casupo, a mountain here in Valencia. I mean, I live right by a range and a mountain c...
Due to my lovely stomach bug, I missed out on the ETA fun in Maracaibo :( Sad day, right? See, I wasnt exactly still in the throws of being sick, but I was still weak as a baby bird and figured I wou...
to the site of Venezuelan independence!Yes, last Sunday I finally made it to the Campo de Carabobo, the place where the most important battle for independence was won!Awaiting us at the end of our dr...
... I have a story to share that might kind of freak you out. Before I start, know it happened last week, everything is ok, but as I was telling my mom about it today in an offhand manner, she mentio...
So I have to admit, one of the few things that got me through last years frigid Kirksville winter was the hope that I might not have a winter the next year. WISH GRANTED! I successfully went from a J...
Oh, thats right, Ive yet to share the story. Im almost a month late, and I apologize, but lets get to the story about that time I thought to myself, "Yeah, a 6 day hike up to the tallest tepui so...
Ok, so Im going to try to make this as brief as possible- for me, that is. Itll still be long, sorry dudes. Oh, and please note the use of photos, courtesy of my parents who sent me a camera after I ...
Today is the beginning of a 2 week adventure where Im joining my fellow ETAs on a trip to Angel Falls and Roraima (tepui mountains... google it).While yesterday consisted of some scrambling around, w...
was actually a lot easier than I thought itd be. Maybe thats because I wound up not needing to get into line after all and because I had my VZ momma with me to help me out. Full story, summarized, of...
Lesson learned: going out and staying out til 6 am two nights in a row makes Juliana feel old and go to sleep at 9:30 on Sunday.And second most important bit to share: I saw TANGLED, or I guess I tec...
Last weekend my fellow ETAs and I, plus a Fulbrighter and amigo, decided it was time to go get our beach on. In picking a beach that was fairly central for all of us coming from all over, we chose to...
Irony is when I keep my camera safe inside of my apartment for 3 weeks so as to not have it stolen on the bus, and drop it the first time I take it out to a party...FMLNever in my life have I dropped...
I might have been. This last Thursday brought with it some heavy rains (Im talking I woke up at 3:30am and it was raining and then when I woke at 7;30 it was still raining and continued to do so for ...
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