A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

The day came somehow. So unbelievably fast. I started the day late with my host dad waking everyone up for breakfast. We enjoyed a light...

Of all of the goodbyes I've made in the last month, this was probably the hardest, because it would be my last time seeing many, many...

In Spanish, despedida is basically goodbye or farewell, so I suppose one could call this by goodbye party; but it doesn't sound as good,...

After a long time of not seeing each other, I finally got to meet up with one of my closest friends, Frezia. She doesn't live close to...

I'm just going to start this post with I am such a whore for sushi. Maybe that's not the best ting to put on the internet but UGH, I love...

Wow, I somehow got all the way here to my last Rotary meeting and end of the year presentation. It's crazy! I came to my last Rotary...

This was probably one of the best and worst nights of exchange. Ok, well, one of the best weekends with one of the scariest experiences....

Saying goodbye to two of my best friends in less than a week, my goodness. Taylor was one of my best friends turned host sister. She was...

One of the hardest parts of my exchange probably had to be saying goodbye to one of my best friends, Kate. If you've kept up with my blog...

Something my host parents had planned for a while was the fun getaway we would have for Semana Santa, or Holy Week. We had school off on...

What do you do when your friend is sad? You surprise them and have a fun girls only day where no boys exist! Wednesday was our last day...

After a long day at school, my friend Katalin and I decided to meet up with each other and have and have a fun afternoon together. We met...

Now that summer is ending and winter coming, the good beach days are limited. To take advantage of the remaining nice days, I went to the...

Something I never really expected to do, especially in Peru, was attend a music festival! Especially for Indie Peruvian bands. But it was...

Ok, I did more things to my hair. I'm a changing person. So I changed my look up some more. This was something I contemplated for a very...

By the time I came back to Lima, I already had plans made with my 2 dear friends Kate and Claudia. They had been together the whole time...

Exchange calls for impulsive decisions, right? Well... I dyed my hair. Brown. Dark, almost black, brown. On a very impulsive decision...

Traveling to Arequipa was quite interesting. My flight was at 6:15 am, which meant we had to be at the airport at 4 am so I could make my...

Even though I just switched host families, it's time that I switch again. Except this time I'm switching cities. Yep, I'm moving to...