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Month: March 2020

¡Que Viva el Carnaval!

March 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Leslie Gap Year

By Cate Acostumbrarse. The Spanish verb for becoming accustomed to and also one of the first words I learned upon my arrival in Cuenca. Within those first few weeks of learning to live with a host family, speak a new language, and maneuver an unfamiliar city, I thought that I would never become accustomed to […]

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Taking a gap year during COVID-19

March 10, 2020April 23, 2020 Leslie Uncategorized

By Amichai While much of the world is being affected by the coronavirus, being in Israel, I feel safe, as if I’m wrapped up in a cocoon that is the Old City of Jerusalem. However, I am also feeling very detached from the world, America, and even my own home. This feeling is both literal, […]

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My Week at the US/Mexico Border with Al Otro Lado

March 4, 2020 Leslie Gap Year, Uncategorized

By Makee My dad and I got out of the car as I hefted my backpack onto one shoulder and squinted up. The sky was silent and clear. The pedestrian crossing between Tijuana and San Diego awaited us ahead, the whole gray, metal body of it. There was barbed wire in rings on top of […]

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