by Sarah Heeter | Jun 26, 2018 | University of Antioquia 2018
Sadly, my time in Palenque has come to an end. I have just arrived in Cartagena where I will spend one night before I fly to Bogota tomorrow morning. Even though the whole point of coming to Palenque was to conduct my experiment, it was so much more than just a...
by Sarah Heeter | Jun 14, 2018 | University of Antioquia 2018
I have been in Palenque for 5 days now. On Saturday I met Dr. Lipski at the Cartagena airport and we traveled to Palenque along with two other students. I immediately felt a temperature difference when I stepped off the plane in Cartagena but Palenque is even hotter....
by Sarah Heeter | Jun 14, 2018 | University of Antioquia 2018
Sadly, my three weeks in Medellín has come to an end. I really enjoyed my time here in Medellín and I am very grateful for all of the people I met and things I got to do while I was here. Today I had the opportunity to go to Parque Arví. It was a really cool...
by Sarah Heeter | Jun 1, 2018 | University of Antioquia 2018
On Tuesday I had the opportunity to visit a coffee farm! It was really interesting to see the entire process from planting the coffee bean seeds until the beans have been roasted and ground. The farm was called Finca los Alpes and it was about an hour and a half bus...
by Sarah Heeter | May 29, 2018 | University of Antioquia 2018
I cannot believe I have arrived in Medellín one week ago today– it has gone by so fast! I love life in Colombia. In between attending classes at the University of Antioquia and exploring my neighborhood of El Poblado, I have attended an English church service...