Jugando

Family Life

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July 20th 2010
You hear that staying with a family is the best way to learn a foreign language. But its so much more than that. It is an honor for a family to bring you (a stranger) into their home, let you listen to their conversations (with questionable compreshension), and allow you to sit at the dinner table three times a day with a goofy grin eating their carefully prepared food. As I write this, I c ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more