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By Bradley Rehak – Guest Blogger studying in Quito, Ecuador This weekend was to be the trip of a lifetime to a certain extent: mountaineering with full gear on one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, Cotopaxi. Full gear in this case including harnesses, ropes, ice axes, and crampons (the spikes for the… Read more »

By Kent Truckor – Guest Blogger studying in Valencia, Spain It is Friday and I have finished my third week of classes at the school in Valencia. Currently we are working on vocab with food and parts of the body. I have heard it numerous times now that one of the keys to speaking Spanish… Read more »

By Bradley Rehak – Guest Blogger studying in Quito, Ecuador If there is any force or resource possessed by Latin Americans, which indubitably and unequivocally they hold sway over, is not oil, politics, coffee, drugs, nor tropical fruit exports. It is something that every Latino, in some blessing from God, holds in their blood: la… Read more »

By Kent Truckor – Guest Blogger studying in Valencia, Spain In the third week of school I have found that persistence pays off in regards to learning a language. I have fallen on my face a few times now in regards to speaking the language and speaking with native individuals. However, it is true what… Read more »

By Bradley Rehak – Guest Blogger studying in Ecuador The previous entry may have given the impression that Quito is an extremely dangerous place to be, that the rest of South America is likely the same, and that it's best just to remain at home in one's own country. It probably doesn't help for me… Read more »

By Kent Truckor – Guest Blogger studying in Spain It is the beginning of my third week in Valencia. I have found that I have learned much in these two weeks because today quite a few new people have started at the school. One of which entered my cultural class today and really only understood… Read more »

By Bradley Rehak – Guest Blogger traveling in Ecuador I had planned on talking a bit more about Quito and my host family, describing life here, etc, but recent events have demanded that I write about a somewhat more sobering topic: the dangers of traveling. A group of students and I had planned on climbing… Read more »

By Kent Truckor – Guest Blogger studying in Spain Today has been a very good day. First off I received an email from a woman named Sylvia who is interested in an intercambio language exchange. What this means is that I will help her with her English and she will help me with my Spanish… Read more »

By Bradley Rehak – Guest Blogger studying in Ecuador I admit to knowing very little, if nothing, about Ecuador. I don't see anything wrong with that, because where am I to better learn about it than here? However, I did have a few ideas about what the country and the people would be like. Most… Read more »

By Kent Truckor – Guest Blogger studying in Spain I have started my second week of classes and things are going well. I continue to meet individuals from various countries, which is excellent. In my class, there are students from China, Turkey, Austria, France, Belgium, England, and Hungary. It is a fun environment because everyone… Read more »