Though I have not written in months, I've come back to conclude this year with some final entries. Before I write about it all, though, I would like throw out some pictures that contain the highlights of the craziest, most challenging and exciting year of my life to date.
MADRID
Interning at FUNDESO, an NGO on Gran Via
Spanish family, meet my parents!
Hiking to the summit of Peñalara with good friends.
Snack time while hiking Cinque Terre, Italy.
St. Peter's Square with our new priest friends.
Ray Green, our resident director!
El Espinar weekends with my Spanish host mom, Rita.
Wandering the streets of Madrid with good friends and a great map.
ECUADOR
My host family, the Vallejos.
Thanksgiving at the Zalles house.
My sister Asya came to visit and that week we (LIGA de Quito) won the South American Cup!!
Extreme mountain biking down and around Cotopaxi with Anne and Mateo!
Halloween on our boat in the Galapagos!
Meeting a giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands!
Ecuador vs Urguay FIFA qualifying game that didn't end the way we had hoped, but we made new friends!
Regular LIGA games.
Riding in the back of pick-up trucks all semester.
Bridge-jumping.
The crew at Papallacta hot springs outside of Quito.
