Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala
This last week, our FINAL week, we traveled out of Guatemala city and into the old, colonial capital of Antigua for Semana Santa festivities. During the week we stayed in the beautiful Lutheran Retreat Center run by an indigenous women’s cooperative. As we wrapped up this semester with final presentations we also ventured out into....
Salvador Urbina, Chiapas, Mexico
A break from the city, time to relax in a tranquil little town, and all the coffee we ever wanted to drink. What a wonderful ten days our group spent in the coffee growing community of Salvador Urbina, Chiapas, Mexico. While we spent a lot of time embracing local culture: sitting around, talking, and watching....
Nazareth Village and the Jesus Trail
After our week at the kibbutz and at Oranim College, we made our way to the small city of Nazareth for the next stage of our adventure. We are staying in the middle of the old city in a nice hostel with nice people, but then again, when aren’t the people nice here? We spent....
Free Travel Reports from Guatemala
After 8 weeks of Spanish classes and living with host families here in Guatemala City, we had a week of free travel where we could go anywhere we wanted (within reason, of course). Our group of 20 students split up into smaller groups and most people headed to the beach, but my group of five....