Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Trading California Sunshine for Bogota Skyline

Last November, I was fortunate enough to travel to Colombia for the first time. I had the time of my life experiencing new things like frothy lulo juice, winding through La Linea that carves the central Andes, vallenato, visiting an underground mine-turned-cathedral made of salt, and drinking good ol' aguardiente on a curb outside of a nightclub at 3 in the morning. Best birthday ever.

In two days, I return to Bogota for the entire summer to participate in an economic development program called Plan Padrinos at Universidad Externado de Colombia. MBA students from universities all around the world will be working alongside UEC MBA students in reaching out to small local businesses in Bogota to help them develop and implement better business plans. It's all very exciting!

Or at least it should be. To be honest I'm a little envious hearing about everyone's summer plans of hiking, beaching, sunbathing, bonfires, etc. But even more so, I am sad I'll be gone for it all--especially the part where I miss my sisters' 21st and 10th birthdays, grad parties and my sister's engagement party. I'll be 8,000ft high up in the sky where the sun rises and sets at the same time every single day and the weather is overcast on most. All this to say: I already miss California. Even though I know I'll return in a couple of months, it's always hard to leave home.

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