So, I totally forgot to tell you guys this, but it is officially summer here in Bolivia! I got out of school November 6th, and Summer lasts until the 1st or 2nd week of February I believe. This is so great for me, because I will finally have more time to get out of the house and take classes and volunteer if I wish. Also, our Rotary trip around Bolivia is this summer. It starts the 2nd of December and lasts until the 16th. That is the reason I am making this post. For those two weeks, I will most likely not be on either this blog or my Facebook pages (Photo & Blog Pages), but if I manage to put credit on my phone, I will post slight updates to my Facebook page every other day. Another update on that, is that some people who don't have Facebok have told me that they have been having difficulty seeing my photos. Because of this, I am planning on opening up a separate photography portfolio on a different site. This site will include all my photography and not just my photos from Bolivia, and there will still be some photos that can only be seen on Facebook, but I hope this makes things a little more convenient for all of you. This site will probably be up and running in two weeks to a month. It will take a while as I need to find a site with reliable upload speed that will upload my size pictures. Anyways, I hope everybody is having a great summer/winter/day :) and I will make sure to update both my Facebook pages and this blog following our trip around Bolivia in December! Thanks for reading!
P.S. My 18th birthday is this month! :D :D :D <3 November 26th
Facebook Blog: https://www.facebook.com/MeghansBolivianExchange
Photography Page: https://www.facebook.com/MeghanRuthAnnaPhotography
Email Contact: Meghan.95.Dushko@gmail.com
Friday, November 15, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Quick Blurb!
Here is just a quick little note, if you would like to get email updates whenever there is a new blog post, please comment on any post and let me know, or email Meghan.95.Dushko@gmail.com. I can also email people when there are new photos up on the Facebook pages, thanks!
New Blog?!?
Don't freak out just yet, but I have a new blog now. This new blog is located on Facebook for the convenience of my 400+ friends on there, but I will still post on here every time there is a big trip, or rotary meeting, etc.. However, if you are looking for more pictures or more detailed accounts of my days, etc., go look at the following pages on Facebook. I'm pretty sure you can see them even if you don't have a Facebook, but I am not sure.
Meghan Ruth Anna Photography: https://www.facebook.com/MeghanRuthAnnaPhotography
Meghan's Rotary Exchange to Bolivia: https://www.facebook.com/MeghansBolivianExchange
Meghan Ruth Anna Photography: https://www.facebook.com/MeghanRuthAnnaPhotography
Meghan's Rotary Exchange to Bolivia: https://www.facebook.com/MeghansBolivianExchange
Sunday, November 3, 2013
2 de Noviembre
Hola!
I know it has been a long time since I posted, but here I am! A lot has been going on, so I have
been really busy and have not had time to write. Also, I have a kind of bad memory so Im not
really good at recording past things. But I am going to start off blogging again, starting at the
date November 2, 2013.
Yesterday was November 2, which here is known as Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
Just in case you don't know, the Day of the Dead is a date in the Catholic faith which takes
place on November 2, and is also known as All Souls Day. The day before, November 1st, is
known as All Saints Day. On Dia de los Muertos, families visit the tombs of their dead friends
and family sometimes with food, etc. Often people burn candles and bring pictures of the dead
and lay them out in front of the grave. I dont have too many details about Day of the Dead, but I
do know it is very important to many Catholic families here in Bolivia and the streets and
cemeteries were crowded yesterday, and many families were busy. My family got up early, and
my mom left the house at about 8 to go make a flower arrangement to put around her fathers
grave. At around 10, she returned with her niece, and we then went to the cemetery to set the
flowers, and at the point we organized the flowers that were already there and set the new
ones.
My host mom and her niece prayed for a moment and then we left to retrieve my host dad
before going to have lunch with my host aunt, her kids, and my family. It is normal on Day of the
Dead, to have lunch or dinner with your family. Some people even bring the food to the
cemetery. After lunch, we went home to rest, and at about 4:30, we returned to the cemetery
where we stayed eating, sitting, and talking around the grave as some candles burned until
about 8:30 more or less. At the end, they left the candles burning and my family prayed for
about 3 minutes or so before we went to eat dinner and return to the house.
I know it has been a long time since I posted, but here I am! A lot has been going on, so I have
been really busy and have not had time to write. Also, I have a kind of bad memory so Im not
really good at recording past things. But I am going to start off blogging again, starting at the
date November 2, 2013.
Yesterday was November 2, which here is known as Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
Just in case you don't know, the Day of the Dead is a date in the Catholic faith which takes
place on November 2, and is also known as All Souls Day. The day before, November 1st, is
known as All Saints Day. On Dia de los Muertos, families visit the tombs of their dead friends
and family sometimes with food, etc. Often people burn candles and bring pictures of the dead
and lay them out in front of the grave. I dont have too many details about Day of the Dead, but I
do know it is very important to many Catholic families here in Bolivia and the streets and
cemeteries were crowded yesterday, and many families were busy. My family got up early, and
my mom left the house at about 8 to go make a flower arrangement to put around her fathers
grave. At around 10, she returned with her niece, and we then went to the cemetery to set the
flowers, and at the point we organized the flowers that were already there and set the new
ones.
My host mom and her niece prayed for a moment and then we left to retrieve my host dad
before going to have lunch with my host aunt, her kids, and my family. It is normal on Day of the
Dead, to have lunch or dinner with your family. Some people even bring the food to the
cemetery. After lunch, we went home to rest, and at about 4:30, we returned to the cemetery
where we stayed eating, sitting, and talking around the grave as some candles burned until
about 8:30 more or less. At the end, they left the candles burning and my family prayed for
about 3 minutes or so before we went to eat dinner and return to the house.
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