Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Ellie Gottschalk and Alex Sirois, Leaders of the Day
¡Hola Familias! Ellie and Alex on the blog for today. The day began with an early wake-up call of 6:30 am. Although unusual, the Glimpsers rose to the occasion getting ready with haste and excitement. Our amazing kitchen staff, Marie and Andrea, arrived early and...
Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Rama Bah and Quinn Rowe, Leaders of the Day
¡Hola Familias! These are your “LDD’s” speaking, Quinn and Rama! Today’s theme of the day was environmental justice. We started our morning with a toucan sighting in a tree near our house! We had a delicious breakfast of rice and beans, bread,...
Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Abitchaelle (Abby) Medilme and Asher Carswell
¡Hola Familias! Somos Abby M. and Asher. Today we were the Líderes del Día, and the theme for today was Aid & Development. We woke up at around 8 am and had French toast and fruit for breakfast. After breakfast, we got ready for our first seminar where we learned...
Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Jailene Felix, Sheny Foster, Sam Lockett, and Qua'Nae Golston-Thomas; Leaders of the Day
Hola familias! Somos Jailene, Sheny, Sam, and Qua’Nae. Today we were the Líders del Día, and the theme was community day. We started off with an amazing breakfast of pancakes and fruit. Next, we met up with four different families at the park and split up into...
Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Isaiah Lewis & Borese Antropov, Leaders of the Day
Hola, somos Isaiah y Borese! We were the Leaders of the Day for Saturday, the Global and Local Business Day. We received the torch by showing vertical analysis aka jumping over each other. We started the day by eating beans and rice, eggs, fruit, and fresh bread that...
Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Aimee Satkowski and Jeromie Whalen, Global Glimpse Leaders
Today, we went on our first adventure outside of Casa Aquaires! After waking up and eating breakfast, the delegation took an hour-and-a-half bus ride to Cartago, the former capital of Costa Rica. When we arrived we were greeted by Luis Diego, our tour guide, who...
Posted in Turrialba 7-26-2023 by Guillermo "Memo" Sanchez & Fabiana Hernandez, Program Coordinators
First day in Turrialba! Today we woke up at 8 am and had breakfast at the hotel in San José at 8:30 am. At around 9:15 we started to get ready to leave SJ and get to our base house in Turrialba. Everyone enjoyed the view and luckily we were able to see a sloth on the...
