Ecuador Spanish Trip!

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This photograph is from a trip I took to Ecuador while in undergrad in May of 2022. The trip was school-sponsored and was an immersive Spanish-learning trip. Although the trip took place almost 2 years after the outbreak of the pandemic, this was the first trip I took after COVID-19. There were still a lot of COVID-19 restrictions in place, and there was a point where we weren't even sure we would be able to go because COVID-19 cases had resurfaced with a vengeance. Before going, we all had to get a COVID-19 vaccine and before returning, while we were still in Ecuador, we had to take a COVID-19 test to make sure we weren't infected with the virus before coming back into the US. Throughout the trip, we also had to wear masks whenever we were out in public or in close quarters with others. Even though these restrictions were in place, it was still an amazing trip. The photo I attached to this submission is a picture of a few of us in our Spanish class. The trip was three weeks long, but every morning we would take Spanish classes before we began sightseeing. Some of this sightseeing included touring Quito, staying in the rainforest for a week, visiting art and history museums, going to indigenous markets, and hiking volcanos. Of course, all of these experiences were incredibly memorable and fun, but sometimes, my greatest memories of the trip come from the simple moments. The attached photo includes one of these simple moments: learning and laughing amongst new and old friends. The experiences were magnificent, but the relationships I built on this trip will last a lifetime.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 26, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Kelsey Gray

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Travel

English Education--Universities

English Public Space

English Public Health & Hospitals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

travel

Ecuador

study abroad

university

learning

pandemic

vaccine

Covid testing

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Spring A Session 2025

Ecuador

memories

friendships

Covid-19

Collection (Dublin Core)

College COVID Stories

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tourism story for the COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/27/2025

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/12/2025

03/18/2025

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This item was submitted on January 27, 2025 by Kelsey Gray using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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