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Adventures in Colombia: Portabella Road Market
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Thursday, July 8, 2010. If you are reading this from Facebook, click view original post). Hannah and her roommates live in Notting Hill. On Saturday morning John and Emma took us down to the Portabella Road Market. Walking through the market- it's a good thing Emma and John are tall! All sorts of random things to be found. For all the Sherlock Holmes wannabes. Can't forget a pocket watch. Lots of yummy fruit. This might be the biggest pot of Paella ever! I think these are hats. hat brims? Back in the UK.
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Adventures in Colombia: August 2009
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. Snow White, The Scarlet Letter and la Papelería. Previously, on Adventures in Colombia, I had written about the general lack of supplies. Available. I am now happy to inform you that I have many more resources to use! This is thanks to the large amount of supplies that students brought in during the first week. (for more info on this see my co-worker E’s blog. One of the things on the supply list is a book in English for the classroom library. What a fabulous idea! I have high ho...
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Adventures in Colombia: October 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009. Dancing Sharks, Angelitos y Millennium Goals. If you are reading this from Facebook, click view original post). 8221; I asked again this morning and was told that I don’t collect the money- the students would just pay to get in. I was still unclear about this whole thing…. Me: “And the kids who don’t have money? Secretary: “Well, they just don’t get in.”. Me: “Yeah, but do they go somewhere? Secretary: “No, they don’t go into the rooms.”. Me: “So, they just wander around? I sat ...
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Adventures in Colombia: February 2010
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Saturday, February 20, 2010. En Barranquilla se baila así. If you are reading this from Facebook, click view original post). And perform for several. Viernes de la reina. However, it falls to the mother of the class queen to organize costumes, pictures, posters, class practices and hire a choreographer. It's a big responsibility! Lucky for me, the queen of 5A is a great student with very supportive and involved parents. Fourth Graders dancing Cumbia. Second graders dancing a. If you are reading this from...
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Adventures in Colombia: September 2010
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Monday, September 27, 2010. I don’t know that I want that much of an adventure this time around. Adventures that include interesting observations, meeting new people, and fun discoveries, of course! Maybe it would behoove me to be careful what I ask for…. So, what it is that I want from this next experience? I still want to improve my Spanish. I want to working on building relationships. And I want to focus on growing in my faith. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Enter your email address:. A Day of Firsts.
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Adventures in Colombia: January 2010
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Sunday, January 17, 2010. If you are viewing this from Facebook, click view original post). Here I am back in Barranquilla! I had a wonderful time seeing lots of friends and family at home over Christmas. It was so nice to see everyone and to be with so many of the people that I care about. When I flew into Barranquilla, I couldn’t help thinking about what it was like when I first got here in August. I didn’t know anything! Not even my address! These trees are all over! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I will...
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Adventures in Colombia: November 2009
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Monday, November 30, 2009. If you are reading this from Facebook, click view original post). First of all we needed to find the ingredients. The grocery stores don’t carry turkey, cranberries, Crisco, pumpkin, or sweet potatoes. So, we had to do some improvising. Personally, my first priority was the pumpkin pie. How can you have Thanksgiving without it? Pie-making is serious business in my family. When we got back home and cut it open it did actually look and smell like a pumpkin! Maybe Is it pie? Dave ...
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Adventures in Colombia: March 2010
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Friday, March 26, 2010. Watch out for falling Iguanas! If you are reading this from Facebook, click view original post). While in Mompox we ran into my. Our boat- complete with plastic chairs. View of Mompox from the boat. After going up the river a ways we all got out to see monkeys! I'd seen monkeys here at the zoo or as pets, but never just hanging out. Un burro y su dueño. There were also a bunch of huge iguanas up in the trees. Our guide would call us over to a tree,. Mira, un iguana enorme! Just as...
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Adventures in Colombia: Camera Magic and London Flat-life
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Camera Magic and London Flat-life. If you are reading this from Facebook, click view original post). We walk up the street a ways and try a different store. Although I am fairly certain that they won’t be able to do anything either, I explain the situation again. Enter: magic-camera-man. He listens to my story, then takes my battery out, and puts a different one in. He charges the other battery, and then. Turns on the camera! Change of guard at Buckingham Palace. We rode the Eye.
