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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Shark Tank: Nicaragua
Ever year, mid-way through the entrepreneurship curriculum, my classes have what is known as Prototype Day. It is when the students come to class with the prototypes of the products they are commercializing and present it to the teachers and … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, private equity, products, shark, Shark Tank, sharks
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Estelí, Take Two
Estelí is one of a few natural meeting points for the members of Peace Corps group. It is a big city with a lot of bus connections in the north of the country. And we have a lot of Volunteers … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Vlog
Tagged bus, bus connections, chicken bus, dance club, dancing, diamond, Esteli, Las Segovias, León, mountains, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, Peace Corps Volunteers, Segovias, Travel, traveling, waterfall, waterfalls, watering hole, wings
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Incidents of Travel Past
Simply because I want to, I am going to start a series of posts that I am calling “Incidents of Travel Past.” In these posts I will write about funny things that have happened to me while I have been travelling … Continue reading
Posted in Incidents of Travel Past, Travel
Tagged bell tower, bells, BHIC, Blue Hen Investment Club, cathedral, climb, clock tower, Ecuador, Frankfurt, German, Germany, investing, investment club, investments, Quito, schnitzel, student investment club, student investment fund, study abroad, Travel, trip
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School Vacation
There has not been any school this week because of a week long school vacation. I’ve taken this week as an opportunity to try to expand my network and meet as many people as possible. I literally have a list … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps
Tagged bicycle, bike, birthday, cycling, directions, Esteli, León, micro insurance, micro loan, micro loans, micro-finance, networking, NGO, Nicaragua, non-profit, riding, U2, Where the Streets Have No Names
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Super Moon
Two highly amateur photos of the super moon two weekends ago, as seen from the central square in León, León:
Posted in León, Photography
Tagged amateur photos, astronomy, catedral, cathedral, León, Mary, moon, photo, photograph, photography, picture, super moon, Virgin Mary
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Nica Music
I filmed this little clip at an event in the park in León last weekend. It is quintessential music that is popular in Nicaragua right now:
Posted in León, Music
Tagged central park, central plaza, culture, León, music, Nicaragua, park, parque, parque central, plaza
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Summer in America, Winter in Nicaragua
July is known as a “winter” month in Nicaragua, even though Nicaragua is in the same hemisphere as the USA, where we know July as high summer. I put winter in quotes though because it isn’t winter as we know … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps
Tagged 4th of July, airport, America, Arthur, beach, beaches, card, card game, cards, cards game, Delaware, Delaware Beaches, drought, earthquake, earthquakes, Fourth of July, friend, friends, friendship, hurricane, Hurricane Arthur, Independence Day, July 4th, July Fourth, mafia, Managua, Nicaragua, rain, school, season, seasons, summer, temblor, temblores, terremoto, terremotos, United States of America, US, US of A, USA, winter
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Blog it Home
As defined by Congress, the Peace Corps has three goals. And one of them is to promote America’s understanding of other culture. I primarily work toward this goal through this blog. And last year, the Peace Corps inaugurated a new … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps
Tagged blog, blogging, DC, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, Third Goal, United States of America, US, US of A, USA, Washington DC
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Incidents of Travel 