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First Week of Classes & Centro Histórico

May 15 2022

The first week of class are already behind us!  Wow, we’ve already covered a lot of ground and feels good to start to settle in and find a new routine between classes and host families. Here is a glimpse of the story in pictures:

  • Study Abroad

    First Translink Trip: Giant’s Causeway

    On Friday, May 29th, after making the 30-minute trek from Corrymeela to downtown Ballycastle, we made our first voyage using Northern Ireland’s location public transportation system TransLink.     After Jessica purchased 17 tickets we took our seats on the...

  • Study Abroad

    Living History in Cuenca

    By Hillary Harder This week our travels took us to the beautiful city of Cuenca in the south of Ecuador! Because it’s a long ways from Quito, we broke up the drive and spread our travels over the whole week,…

  • Study Abroad

    Visit from N. Irish author Tony Macaulay

    On Saturday night, Northern Irish author Tony Macaulay visited our group to answer student questions and read from his book Paperboy, which the students were assigned to read before the start of the class. Paperboy tells the story of Macaulay’s...