by Alexandra T | Aug 18, 2018 | South America, Summer, UA-Affiliate
I’ve now been back in the U.S. for two weeks, and though I was looking forward to spending time with family, it has been an interesting transition. I returned from Peru with an intestinal parasite and haven’t necessarily been living-it-up, but that aside,...
by Alexandra T | Aug 18, 2018 | South America, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
The past two weeks I have hiked 9 different Incan and Pre-Incan ruins, I’ve spoken Spanish 90% of the time, and I’ve explored the places and people of Cusco, Peru and the Sacred Valley. All of this has been a wonderful period of growth both academically...
by Alexandra T | Aug 18, 2018 | South America, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Initially, when I decided to study abroad one of my biggest concerns was the unknown of a host family. The program said we would get our housing assignments about two weeks before our program date. I did get the information as promised, but the information was an...