Gymkana y subida a la montaña by Sandra Lozano

Tengo tres veces que eh ido a la Montana, la primera vez fue con mi hermano español por coche, la segunda vez con unos amigos que hicimos aquí en España y la tercera caminado con mis compañeras. De estas tres veces, la ida a la Montaña que más valore fue la que monte con mis compañeras. Me gustó mucho más porque en el camino vi otras partes de Cáceres que no había conocido. Duramos entre 20-30 minutos para subir la Montaña, pero ya estando arriba tuvimos la mejor vista de Cáceres.

Parte Antigua

Este fue el pedazo de arte que más me gusto del museo. Lo que me capto fue el uso de los colores brillantes. Me recordó a algo que habría hecho cuando era una niña, me da la impresión que lo que hacen los niños también puede ser considerado como arte.

Week 4 by Tiffany Cole

What’s the Deeper Meaning?

By Tiffany T. Cole

I came to Spain for three reasons: I wanted to get my last experiential credit and complete my foreign language courses in a fun and creative way; I wanted to start traveling the world both because I’ve dreamed of traveling since I was a kid and because I’m convinced that in order to successfully run a business and be a leader, one needs to travel and get out of their comfort zones; and I needed to go somewhere completely different because I was having some personal conflicts and I figured that going to Spain would help give me the distance I needed to better deal with these conflicts.

Now that I am back in America, it’s time to start truly reflecting on my trip from the perspective that will come naturally from thinking about it through the lens of distance and memory. So far, I’ve felt extremely thankful and grateful for everything that makes me feel cherished and loved here in America. By traveling to another country, I’ve learned to appreciate what I do have. Further, I’ve returned with such a better understanding of who I am as a person that I was finally able to overcome all the conflicts I left behind. Now I’m starting anew. I’ve removed all the elements of my life that I have allowed to hold me back for years now, and soon I will be moving to another place where I can make new memories, better memories, as the person I’ve become and not as the person I once was shadowing me. I can absolutely guarantee that the month in Spain helped me make this change.

In Spain, I had no phone service and could only talk to people back in America when I had Wi-Fi. At first I was always desperate to find Wi-Fi, but as the days went on, I found myself actually preferring to keep my phone off during the day and only really engaging with people who were here with me in Spain, delegating only a bit of time each day to talking to people back home. In the past, I often wasted hours being so connected to my phone I was neither here nor there. Forcing myself to be in the moment helped me really think about myself and really experience the atmosphere I’m in.

I was so far away from the people that made me feel bad that I couldn’t just give in and allow them to come over, like before. Whenever I felt the urge that would lead to me doing or accepting something I’d regret, I had to just deal with it and get to the bottom of those urges, which has helped me immensely now that I’m back home.

Last, but certainly not least, I had to learn how to be creative and consider all options in situations where I couldn’t communicate very well and wasn’t really sure what to do. This is the part of going to Spain that has helped me with my academic and professional goals. As a leader and business person, it’s just as important, if not more important, to know how to lead, stay calm, and figure out a solution in confusing situations where others might otherwise panic or stop thinking clearly altogether.