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One of the best aspects of living in Ecuador is the preponderance of holidays. In the 6.5 weeks that I’ve been here, there have already been two holiday weekends. Talk about awesome. Now, when you’re a foreigner living in abroad, you’re almost obligated to aprovechar de the holiday weekends and go see more of what your beautiful…

A Trip to the Coast and a Lesson in Resilience

ByElizabeth

Saturday evening found me sweaty and in tears. We had just been told that our reservation, which I had made a month or so in advance, had been cancelled, because we had shown up after the 4 pm check-in cut-off. This was after I had called the day before to confirm my reservation, and had…

From Mandarin Oranges to Concepts of Time Across Culture

From Mandarin Oranges to Concepts of Time Across Culture

ByElizabeth

I was recently home for a week, having been gifted an airline ticket by a dear family friend to be here for my big sister’s baby shower. Being home after having lived abroad almost 1.5 years reminds me of all the little things I appreciate in the States and also of things that occasionally frustrate me…

Change is Hard: Or, How I’m Really Not as Good at Instability and Uncertainty as I Thought I Was

Change is Hard: Or, How I’m Really Not as Good at Instability and Uncertainty as I Thought I Was

ByElizabeth

I thought this would be easier. I was ready to leave Ecuador. Two years in, I felt like Quito was truly my second home. Four years in, I was seriously ready to leave. My job was feeling stagnant–there was no room for growth or development. I hadn’t seen the entire country, but I’d visited enough…

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