Recent posts from: Granada – 06/29/2014


Education Day


July 3, 2014 Education Day! We woke up bright and early this morning–maybe a bit too early! After a slow wake-up and a rushed dressing, the whole group headed to the comedor. Led by our first student leaders, Maria and Anna, we scarfed down a large helping of...

Culture Day!


What a big day we had! Today was culture day, which gave us a few opportunities to see traditional Nicaraguan arts and participate as well. We started the day with a filling breakfast of gallo pinto (rice and beans) along with typical Nicaraguan cheese and fried...

The Journey Begins


After spending most of yesterday settling in and getting familiar with our hostel, we were ready to start exploring today. We had a breakfast of omelettes and passionfruit juice at our nearby comedor, and then we talked a little about what to expect around Granada as...

Day 1 – Accomplished!


  Hello and welcome to our very first blog post of our trip! We have successfully made it through a grueling flight over. Cold airplanes and long layovers, but we survived! We made it through the hour-long bus ride from Managua to Granada, and we have unloaded...

I’m Denise!


Hi Everyone!   I’m super excited about going on this trip tomorrow! Hopefully I’ll meet most of the parents tomorrow at the airport, but I hope that you are just as excited for the great journey we’re about to endure over the next three weeks!...

Welcome!


Hi Everyone! I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am Jennifer, one of the GG leaders for our trip to Granada! I am the ceramics teacher at Castro Valley High School and have been leading/chaperoning international student trips for the past 6...