Cuenca 2020

14 Days Later #MountMartes

Hi Mounties! Welcome back to another #MountMartes blog post. Today, April 7th, 2020, is officially the 2-week mark of all Cuenca study abroad students coming home due to the coronavirus. Since we are officially through the 14-day quarantine in our homes, I thought it would be interesting to explain the […]

#HolyThursday Comes Home

Hello again! It has certainly been a whirlwind week for the group in Cuenca. We left Cuenca for Guayaquil early last Monday morning, flew to Miami, and left from Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday morning. Trekking through five international airports in two days would be exhausting no matter the circumstances, but […]

Comida de Ecuador #MountMartes

Welcome back to another #MountMartes blog post, but from Maryland. We returned to Maryland last Tuesday and throughout the past week, I have been reminiscing about everything that I experienced in Ecuador. The thing I miss the most about Ecuador is the amazing food and cuisine we experienced. This week, […]

Goodbye, Cuenca! #MountMartes

As you can read from the title, we are coming home from Cuenca, Ecuador. By the time this post is uploaded, we should be back in Maryland. We are leaving due to the growing pandemic that is COVID-19, and we will all miss Cuenca and Ecuador so much, as we […]