Emily Explores

Category: Colombia

  • Today, I don’t like living in Colombia.

    Today, I don’t like living in Colombia.

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    wickerem98
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    Written on November 21 (but I forgot to publish it until now). Yesterday, I did. I probably will tomorrow. But not today. It can happen to the best of us, or so I’ve been told. You travel to a new country, maybe plan to stay a few months or a year. You pack your suitcases,…

  • Home at last, gone too soon

    Home at last, gone too soon

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    wickerem98
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    Written on December 13, 2024. Dedicated to María Villanueva. I’m writing from an airplane, thousands of feet above the ocean, somewhere betweenBogotá and Miami. Very soon I will be home! But I’m going sooner than I planned, and I’m not going to Nebraska quite yet. Me siento muy amañada en Colombia, but the tears escaping…

  • One hundred days in Colombia

    One hundred days in Colombia

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    wickerem98
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    Spoiler alert: I was asked by the head of my university department to write a short article about my experience in Colombia so far. If you were hoping for a full blog post, well, that will come soon! Hopefully you will still enjoy the next 575 words recapping what 100 days in Colombia mean to…

  • Running my own race

    Running my own race

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    wickerem98
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    Over two months have passed since I first landed in Colombia! When I wrote my last blog post, I had a pretty consistent daily and weekly routine. I went to dance class every Saturday morning and hiked every Sunday before church. I prepared an entire breakfast smorgasbord every day after the gym. The neighborhood security…

  • Desde septiembre, se siente que viene diciembre

    Desde septiembre, se siente que viene diciembre

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    wickerem98
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    Hello from Villavicencio! Six weeks have already passed since I arrived in Colombia, time is starting to fly. Hard to believe we are no longer in August—the month of September has arrived—and with it, the incredibly popular Colombian saying: “Since September, you can feel December coming.” Curious what this phrase sounds like when it blasts…

  • One month in Villavicencio

    One month in Villavicencio

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    wickerem98
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    Four whole weeks have passed since I landed in the Villavicencio airport! I already feel much more settled into my house and routine, and the days are starting to run together. Life is good here! To quote a local, aquí en Villavo, solo le roban el corazón or “here is Villavo, the only things they…

  • The first two weeks in Colombia

    The first two weeks in Colombia

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    wickerem98
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    Hello, family and friends! If you are reading this post, then I want to thank you for loving me, supporting me, or at the very least being interested enough in my life to follow along as I spend 10 months in Colombia on a grant as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA). Curious what the…