Emily Explores

Tag: travel

  • Here, there, and everywhere

    Here, there, and everywhere

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    wickerem98
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    Hello, happy Saturday to all who celebrate. Today was Hulking Saturday at my CrossFit gym—a long partner workout, taking group pictures in sweaty workout attire, kicking a soccer ball around with the youngest members, and then eating a smorgasbord of shared food. Also, tomorrow is the end of Ramadan, which reminds me that I haven’t…

  • 101 things I love about Colombia

    101 things I love about Colombia

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    wickerem98
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    Originally titled 1001 things I love about Colombia. I then realized that was far too ambitious an undertaking for a Wednesday morning. This list and the included photos are a compilation of many moments and favorite things since I arrived last August. LA GASTRONOMÍA PEOPLE JUST COLOMBIAN THINGS DAILY VILLAVICENCIO LIFE EL LLANO ES UN…

  • (Nearly) infinite flexibility

    (Nearly) infinite flexibility

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    wickerem98
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    “Infinite flexibility.” This phrase was one repeated many times by our program director Dan when I studied abroad in San José, Costa Rica in 2018. His continual reminders to practice this kind of flexibility proved useful when several of our weekend class trips were cancelled due to teachers’ strikes, and again when our mid-semester Nicaragua…

  • When the foreign becomes familiar

    When the foreign becomes familiar

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    wickerem98
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    Written mostly on February 9. Intended to be published by February 12 or so. Hello from the Medellín airport in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. Lately I only make time for writing in airports and on airplanes, but I have traveled quite frequently over the past two months. I do love to explore new places, but hopefully…

  • Llorar en la tormenta o bailar en la lluvia

    Llorar en la tormenta o bailar en la lluvia

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    wickerem98
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    Part 1, written on January 9, 2025 Another year is beginning, and with it my second semester with Fulbright. Once again I am writing a blog post from an airplane, a punto de llegar a Bogotá de nuevo. Bienvenidos a 2025. Lloras en la tormenta, o bailas en la lluvia. “Bailando en la Lluvia” by…

  • One semester down, one to go

    One semester down, one to go

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    wickerem98
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    Written on January 8, 2025, published once I was able to borrow a neighbor’s Wifi. I’m convinced that airplanes are the best place to ponder and write about life. Last time I wrote a blog post, I was on a plane headed to Waco, and that’s where I find myself again. I said goodbye to…

  • 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…