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Student Trip Blog
Hola, Global Glimpse families and friends!
Today, I served as Lider Del Dia (Leader of the Day) to provide our glimpsers with an example of what’s to come! As a reminder, I’m Bridgett Hernandez, the Global Glimpse Leader in charge of Leadership. I will be supporting glimpsers with their role as Lider Del Dia, encouraging them to step out of their comfort zones and take measured risks that’ll help them learn and grow as an individual and as a leader. I’m already seeing lots of growth within these first two days!
We have had such a busy day in Panama City and traveling to Las Tablas. Our day began with a 6:45 am wake-up call. Yes, your glimpsers woke up at 6:45 am today! We enjoyed a yummy breakfast at Niko’s Cafe, an introduction to typical Panamanian food. Afterward, our morning consisted of a city tour around Casco Viejo, the historical downtown area in Panama City.
We visited two museums: Museo de Mola and Museo del Canal and the Sacred Heart Cathedral. At the Museo de Mola, we learned about the Guna indigenous group and their mola textile designs. It was a very interactive museum full of color and culture. Absolutely beautiful! The Museo del Canal taught us all about the construction and politics around the Panama Canal. Some information served as reminders of what glimpsers have learned in history classes but there was also lots of new information and learning.
After lunch, we embarked on our journey to Las Tablas, our new home for the next 12 days. We were so lucky and did not sit in any traffic! Glimpsers were so excited to arrive at our accommodation and quickly got situated in our new rooms. We had our first seminar in Las Tablas learned about rules, expectations, and empathy, and had some bonding opportunities. We’ve also met a lot of new people, the Health Coach, the Program Coordinator, and our amazing delegation chef! We enjoyed our first dinner at the delegation and went right into our nightly meeting to reflect on the day.
The torch has been passed on to Alba and Raquel for Day 3- Culture and City Tour Day. Their mind-reading talent really blew us away!
We hope you’ve enjoyed reading about our day,
Bridgett
Please leave a comment and show some big love to our glimpsers ?
Comments (20)
wendy herzenberg
What beautiful textiles from the Guna group! So great to see all the pictures. I’m sure everyone is tired tonight from a long day. Sleep well! Can’t wait to see tomorrows post.
Love you Leesh!
Thea - GG Staff
Hey TA1B,
I was so stoked to see this blog get posted! Fun fact: Bridgett is SUCH a pro at being LDD, that our staff crowned her as the example LDD at a GGL training this spring. As I’m sure you can imagine, she obviously crushed it. ?
I know you’ll all do a great job when your big day comes around over the next couple of weeks! Alba and Raquel, good luck tomorrow! Culture Day is a special one.
Have the best trip, TA1B! I can’t wait to see what stories come out of your delegation.
Big love,
Thea
Alma Garcia
Bryanda I hope you’re having an amazing time, learning, exploring and growing. I can’t wait to hear all about your trip. We’re all rooting for you! Have so much fun! Liam says hi ?
Shelby Haynes
Oh my goodness what an amazing first day!! I’m so glad everyone made it to Las Tablas! Always awesome to not be sitting in traffic (as we do in the Bay daily ? )
Moni – I hope you had such a great day today! Remember to journal!! Soak in every moment. I hope you liked the food! I miss you ❤️ Love you – mommy ?
Isabel Coto
Sounds like an amazing day! Hope you enjoyed every minute of it! Excited to continue reading all about it in the days to come. ?
Emma Rodriguez
Wow! Amazing day! Love seeing all the smiles on their faces, off to a great start! Beautiful pictures, thanks so much for sharing with us.
Hi Mikaela! We miss you so much, Pumpkin is adjusting to you not being here but she misses you lots, she stays outside your door ?♥️ Love seeing you smile and enjoying this experience, live it up! Love you, Mommy ??
Mariana Martinez
Sounds like an amazing day! Can’t wait to hear about tomorrow ?
Elsa Reyes
Wow ? all look very happy ???? I bet they are having a blast, been in a such historical place, and beautiful.
Thank you Bridgett for taking time to keep us in touch. I really appreciated.?????
Tonia Wall
Looks like the early wake up was worth it — what a full day in the beautiful old town! So glad you’re settling in and connecting with one another. Can’t wait to hear about tomorrow!
Suzette
Heyyyyyyy ??, I’m Suzette, Jhonathan’s OLDER sister ?, he’s #5, cinco ?, mhm?↕️. The pictures came out great ? ?, just tell him to smile more and show some of his pretty teeth ??. Hope everyone has fun ?!
Cybil Silberman
Thanks for the update. Glad you arrived at Las Tablas and enjoyed the culture of downtown Panama City. Good luck tomorrow Raquel and Alba. So proud of you all ❤️
Tylena Cabantac
Julian Cabantac …. Everything looks so beautiful ? So grateful for this experience for you and all of the other students. Love you Mom
Michelle Reiss
Looks beautiful there! The textiles are amazing and look familiar. Cool to see their origin. What are you reading there in the last picture, Henry? Looking forward to hearing more. We miss you and love you. M,D,E and Magpie??
Christopher Day
I hope all of you, glimpsers are having a good time and learning as much as possible. Treasure this experience in a new place and new friends. Talk, laugh, listen and have fun. To my daughter Monica, I’m missing you every day, but I’m very proud of you for going and stepping out of your comfort zone. Love you Moni…
Michelle Ramirez
Just thinking how you were checking the blogs far before your trip- now, look at you my baby?!! I hope all is well, and you are having a splendid time!! Mama loves you with all her ❤️!!!
Hernan
I’m feeling some serious envy reading these updates but so happy that this group gets to do this! More adventure ahead!
Hola Raquel!
Consuelo flores
Gracias a cada uno de las personas que están permitiendo que nuestros hijos tengan una experiencia muy bonita? hola Byanda te extrañamos mucho qué bueno que estás disfrutando cada momento Super bien y que ya estás más relajada?? Y queremos mirar más fotos??
San Pedro 1 6-18-2024 SP1A-BAY (formerly RB3A)
hii licia big love in the chat, have fun!!
– sophie
Vinutha
Global Glimpse leaders, could we please have the photos in a format where we can see them better? Perhaps a Google link? Thanks much,
Vinutha
Jonathan Kramer-Roach
Hi Vinutha, hopefully the photos are big enough now that you can see them better! As for a link, I know groups often share photos after the trip is over, so just make sure to ask about it then, and they can usually be shared. ?
– Jonathan, Global Glimpse Staff