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EXPERIMENT BLOGS Program Stories Spain: Language & Culture

July 8, 2019

Mushrooms in Madrid! (Spain Group 1)

Mushrooms in Madrid! In Madrid three of my friends and I went to a restaurant called Mesón del Champiñon (which is famous for its mushrooms). We stood at the bar to eat and while we were waiting had a nice long conversation with the guy behind the counter! I think…

Hunter Horton

EXPERIMENT BLOGS Program Stories Spain: Language & Culture

July 8, 2019

Host Family Days in Guadix (Spain Group 1)

Host Family Days in Guadix After an amazing first few days of visiting Madrid and Toledo we bused down to Guadix. Here we met our host families who we are staying with for a little more than a week. Our nerves were high as we exited the bus but soon…

Hunter Horton

EXPERIMENT BLOGS Program Stories Spain: Language & Culture

July 8, 2019

Madrid, Toledo & Granada (Spain Group 2)

Our First Week in Spain As we conclude our first week in Spain it is difficult to believe that only 7 days ago we all arrived at JFK airport with such limited information about the people we were about to meet and the faraway places we were about to…

Hunter Horton

EXPERIMENT BLOGS Program Stories South Africa: Leadership & Social Change

July 8, 2019

Week One in South Africa

South Africa - Week 1 EVELYN PUMA: Based on my experience today I learned about the history of the country that heavily involved slavery and the apartheid government. This is interesting to me because based on previous knowledge I wasn’t aware of the hardship and the lasting effects on the…

Hunter Horton

Alumni South Africa (Leadership Institute): Peace, Politics & Human Rights

June 18, 2019

Race, Culture, Identity: Alumna Turns a Road Trip Into a Book

“Of the 17 people who went to South Africa with me on the 2016 Experiment Leadership Institute program, all 17 contributed in some significant way to this project. On the program, we were in the middle of creating our (now sold-out) racial literacy textbook and one program leader, for example, let me use…

Hunter Horton

Spain: Language & Culture

May 6, 2019

Discover Spain: Spanish Language & Culture

"Going to Spain with The Experiment was the best decision of my life. Not only was I able to understand the culture, but I was also immersed in courses where I learned Spanish, ceramics, and flamenco dancing. I was able to do tours of authentic places in Spain where the…

Hunter Horton

About The Experiment Alumni

April 8, 2019

3 Experimenters Share How a Summer Abroad Led to Lifelong Cross-Cultural Friendships

Kathy Wilson knows how special cross-cultural friendships can be. In 1968, the 17-year-old Wilson traveled to Ireland as a high school exchange student with The Experiment in International Living. During the trip, she spent a few weeks living with a family in the coastal town of Greystones. She quickly bonded…

Hunter Horton

Tanzania: African Cultures & Landscapes

January 22, 2019

Discover Tanzania: African Cultures & Landscapes

"From the safaris, to the beaches, the homestay, the Maasai, the mural, the songs, and the streets, to the love and community that I was revived with, I never expected it to be this amazing. I had read the itinerary a thousand times and yet everyday was a new adventure.…

Hunter Horton

January 7, 2019

Discover India: Indian Cultures & Traditions

"Spending the evening with a family in India has made me step outside of my usual comfort zone. I had only a few hours to connect with people who I’d never met, and it took everything I had. Body language, silly faces, and opening myself up fully to strangers. I’ve…

Hunter Horton

December 3, 2018

Travel as Remedy with Marilyn

Until Costa Rica, Marilyn Orellana had not allowed herself to relax—not fully—for years. Four years ago, when she was 13, Marilyn’s father was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The only clinic able to treat him was in the Washington, DC, area, and so he traveled there from the…

Hunter Horton

Mushrooms in Madrid! (Spain Group 1)

Host Family Days in Guadix (Spain Group 1)

Madrid, Toledo & Granada (Spain Group 2)

Week One in South Africa

Race, Culture, Identity: Alumna Turns a Road Trip Into a Book

Discover Spain: Spanish Language & Culture

3 Experimenters Share How a Summer Abroad Led to Lifelong Cross-Cultural Friendships

Discover Tanzania: African Cultures & Landscapes

Discover India: Indian Cultures & Traditions

Travel as Remedy with Marilyn

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