Exchange Programs Outside the US

My name is Rita Hess, and I am the second scholarship recipient traveling to Ecuador this year 🙂 I am currently waiting in O'hare airport

Well my time has come. In less than an hour, my ride will be here to pick me up and take me to the airport.

I just got home from a two day trip to Baños, which is about 3.5 hours south of Quito. I'm breaking the blog up into

As I said in my previous post, a lot of the moments I've captured at camp have been video, but since realizing I can't put

Playing with Values! I had meant to post a blog over the weekend about a really fun time going out on the town as a

For Those Who Don't Know, El Papa = The Pope Tuesday, July 7th, I had the pleasure of waiting to see Pope Francis drive by

At the Spanish school I took classes at, there are typically weekend trips offered outside the city. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to

Hey friends! Yesterday was a pretty exciting day and I felt it would be best described in a picture blog. First, I went an hour

I've been in Quito for almost five days now and am beginning to feel quite at home. My Spanish and My Lessons I really wasn't