Recent posts from: Matagalpa2 – 6/09/2016


Exploring New Territory


  As one of the first events of our day, we were visited by our guest speaker Anjie Price who had been living in Matagalpa for about 8 years after originally being from North Carolina. Currently she works as the Executive Director in an NGO that provides...

Young, Wild, and Free


“No two days are identical.” This was the prominent thought pounding through my head as I hurried from door to door, knocking and waking my fellow Glimpsers up. Why was I up before anyone else? I was the Leader of the Day, the very first student to be...

Culture Day!


Day 3 is in the books and I’m happy to report some great progress by our outstanding group of Glimpsers. The day began with a 7 am wake up call courtesy of yours truly, before we devoured a delicious breakfast. Prior to setting out on our adventure-filled day,...

Getting to know the History of Nicaragua and Matagalpa


Hello Families and friends. My name is Denis Vallejos, Site Manager in Matagalpa. I am so glad to share with you what the Glimpsers got to experienced in this day.  Are you ready?, here we go. The day began at 6:30 am with a wake up call, after that we had our first...

We’ve Arrived!


After two planes and a two hour’ish bus ride, we’ve arrived in Matagalpa. Our lovely home for the coming weeks is the Hostel Castillo. We had an amazing dinner and got to know one another as we recovered from the journey. Tomorrow we’ve got some...

Bienvenidos – DJ M2


  Buenos días nuestros queridos Global Glimpsers! We hope all of your trip preparations (including classes) are well underway and you’re ready to explore Nicaragua. We are beyond exited to have you discover Matagalpa with us this summer. This city has more to...

Matagalpa! ¡Vamonos!


Dear Glimpsers, Great to meet you, I’m Mr. Stegeman and I will be joining you for the upcoming trip to Nicaragua. My first year of teaching has been a great one, and I’m looking forward to our trip being the icing on the cake! Travel is a subject near and dear...