Recent posts from: Granada – 06/29/2014


Free Day


July 10, 2014 Today was our first free day. We had two free times during the day, the first of which was from 9-11:45 am, and the second being from 1-4:00 pm. Before we left for our free time, we had to sign in and out and we had to be in groups of four or more when...

Poverty Day


July 9, 2014 Our day began with a 7 am wake up call followed by a big breakfast at 8 am.  After breakfast, we walked back to the hostel to get ready to board the bus.  We took a short trip to El Puente where we were greeted by Mario and Charles.  They were both...

We can talk politics all night!


July 8, 2014 This morning was just a typical Global Glimpse Grenada trip morning: We woke up at 7, the normal wake up time We then ate Breakfast from 8-9, which is also the normal breakfast time. After our morning routine, we then had a seminar about our upcoming...

Living on a dollar and our first day of teaching


July 7, 2014 Today we woke up a bit earlier than normal (5:30 am). Since the goal today was to keep living expenses under a dollar and to experience the lives of the less fortunate, we started the day off with bucket showers and a very small and simple breakfast....

Aid and Development


July 6, 2014 Aid and development day! This is the first day of our CAP project, which is the community service project we will be doing.Today we woke up to a fresh start. Having had a decent amount of sleep we were prepared for the day ahead of us. We walked to the...

Fun Day!


July 5, 2014 Fun Day! Fun Day began at seven in the morning when we all woke up. We all walked over to breakfast and had some delicious pancakes and a new drink called Cacao. After breakfast we took a two hour boat tour on the beautiful lake of Granada. On the boat...

Global Business Day


July 4, 2014 Today, the group had the opportunity to sleep in after the previous day’s early wake up. Once dressed and ready, we headed off to breakfast at the comedor which consisted of gallo pinto casado (which had added ground meat), a fried tortilla, cheese...