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An Introduction to Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB)
An introduction to Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Located in Laureles, UPB is one of the top universities in Colombia.
Movie Time and a Little Politics
A few days ago, we went to the theater at Centro Colombo Americano to watch Waltz with Bashir, an animated war documentary. With the spoken language in Hebrew, and the subtitles in Spanish, I understood little of what…
Antique Car Parade
My roommate and I have been trying to get a few other people to go camping with us, but the plans keep falling through. So, we were able to catch the antique car parade for the last weekend of the Flower Festival. The…
A Friday Night Return to Antioquia University
Every weekend is an effortless new adventure living in Medellin, and I imagine in any country foreign on your own. This past Friday, I joined my roommate Martin, and David (Mexico), for a visit across town to Amu’s…
Salsa Show Featuring World Champions
Last Thursday I met up with Joe (Australia) and Sirley from Couchsurfing for a salsa show at the University of Medellin. The headlining couples were from Cali, and both pairs were world champions. Carlo Acrosalsa y…
Meeting Clint At Universidad EAFIT
In addition to meeting Ken last week, I also reconnected with Clint from Australia. I met him at Casa Kiwi Hostel, and got his contact info after learning he was also looking for work as an English teacher. The…
Updated Teaching Advertisement
On Tuesday, I printed 30 color copies of the advertisement below. I then dropped by EAFIT’s Culture and Communications office. Their protocol is to stamp up to four copies of the advertisement, and then post them on…
My First Teaching Interview
I spent almost 12 hours this past Wednesday on the campus of EAFIT, mostly in the physics lab which Martin and Rodrigo call home. They were trying to help me prepare for my first teaching interview which Rodrigo helped…
Visiting Universidad EAFIT
Monday turned out to be another day of progress toward my goal of living and working in Medellin. It started with a good night’s sleep in the room I´m renting. I had a copy of the apartment keys made at a local store,…