Recent posts from: Leon1 – 6/08/2015


Businesses of Numerous Sorts


  Hello parents, relatives, and friends! Seline here – I am greatly pleased to have been the El Lider Del Dias for today: Global Business Day; during which we Glimpsers immersed ourselves in learning about Nicaraguan economics. We began the day at a slightly...

Poverty Day


Everyone woke up at 6 A.M. today; however, I as the student leader of today woke up 5:30 since I had to be dressed and ready on time to awaken the rest of the group students. As usual, we had breakfast at the comedor Quiero Mas starting a 6:45 A.M. For breakfast...

$1 A Day Challenge


What would you do living on a dollar a day? Well, here’s our story. The day began at the early start of 6:15 in the morning. Our groggy bodies rolled out of bed and walked to the comedor to receive the traditional Gallo pinto breakfast (aka rice and beans)....

Fun Day


Today our day started with waking up really early, well at 7:00 AM,  then we had breakfast at the commodore, which consisted of eggs, beans, papaya, and tortillas. Later, we went on a private bus to beach (Proyecto  Palo De Oro, Isla Juan Venado) where we went on...

Free day!


Today was our trip’s first free day. Basically, that means no schedule for the day and us glimpsers get to roam about and explore Leon.  If we formed a group of 6 or more glimpsers, a global glimpse leader wasn’t needed, but we still had to sign out,...

Aid and Development day


This morning the group woke up at 8:00 am. This was very pleasant for everyone because the morning before we had to wake up at 7:00. Getting everyone up and ready out the door by 8:45 wasn’t hard at all. I was very proud of the group for doing this because that...

Education Day


  As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, we had to get up at 6 today. (I had to wake up at 5:30) Knowing it was a long day we all needed to keep our energy high. In order to do this, we had a nutritious and delicious breakfast of gallo pinto, eggs with ham,...