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Our temporary home in Costa Rica
We are now pretty settled in the heart of Costa Rica. The town is Carrillos de Poas, a village of about 5,ooo people nestled among the hills of the Central Valley. Unlike most villages and towns in Mexico and other Latin American countries that are built around a plaza anchored by a colonial styled church, Carrillos consists […]
From London: “Dr. Marigold and Mr. Chops” A Look into The Past
The performance of age-old one man plays, Dr. Marigold and Mr. Chops, by none other than fabled British writer, Charles Dickens, backtracks quite a ways through British history. For over 150 years these plays have been absent from London stages however they are now being resurrected in a city that has seen some change. Walking […]
Interwoven Identities: A Comparison of Actor and Audience at Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Seen in the elegant and impressively detailed Duke of York’s theater in the West End of London, William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Gregory Doran, is a classic story that remains contemporarily accessible for its audience. As evidenced by the fact that most of the audience in attendance on the night of January 7th seemed […]
Day 2 Moshi
Welcome from day 2 of Moshi. We started the day off visiting Amani Orphanage in Moshi. The American director greeted us and gave us a tour of the place. There were about 84 kids, 80 boys and 4 girls. We brought in a bunch of toys for them to play with. We played with the […]
Update from Tanzania
Hello from Tanzania! We finally have internet access to update everybody on our adventure thus far. We arrrived late on Jan. 9 and went straight to the Luthern Center in Arusha. Our first full day was on Jan. 10 we started off by going to the bank to exchange our american dollars for shillings then we […]
Pre-trip Seminar
Greetings to all from Farmington, MN! We are currently at Mount Olivet Retreat Center getting to know each other and finishing up our pre-trip activities. The past two days have been filled with presentations, speakers, and lots of singing. The students gave informative presentations on various Tanzanian-related topics. We heard from Dr. Mbele, a professor […]