Charlie:
In the morning, we rode on our bus through the city of Cienfuegos and observed many historical sites, such as one of Fidel Castro's seasonal residences and a former Cuban yacht club. From there we had originally planned to visit a market for cultural immersion, but instead, we were presented with the opportunity to watch an amateur baseball game in the Cienfuegos stadium, which was something we wanted to do all along. From the game, we were able to end up visiting a market stand where we were able to buy yucca, a pineapple. limes and beans for our host family. Many of these ingredients were used in the creation of our wonderful dinner of fried fish, grilled fish, two different types of rice, chickpea soup, and pineapple juice. After the market we rode in pairs of two in bicycle taxis to get to lunch where we enjoyed chicken, rice, beans, and mango marimba. We then proceeded to one of the host families houses for a WLS learning session. Together we explored our personal leadership styles and hoe they differ from our previous dispositions and notions. We also acted our skits about our personality styles with some of the native Cubans at the homestay. I felt this was an extremely valuable experience that really helped me to learn more about myself, my leadership style, and an important other culture I had little previous knowledge about.
Bobby:
After we experienced the baseball game and all of the other activities that Charlie described, we went back to our homestays for a nice homemade dinner. Gabe, Jesse, David, and I had a perfect combination of shrimp, rice and soup. Then, as a unit, we hit the streets and walked to a small “party” where music was playing, and people were dancing. We all sat together, drank virgin pina coladas, and looked at the beautiful view of the ocean as Charlie and I lead tonight's ANCHOR reflection, which allowed people to open up and express themselves. Tonight, I feel like we bonded as a unit, and I strongly believe that the bond we created tonight will only strengthen as we continue our journey through a new, exciting, and overall beautiful world.
In the morning, we rode on our bus through the city of Cienfuegos and observed many historical sites, such as one of Fidel Castro's seasonal residences and a former Cuban yacht club. From there we had originally planned to visit a market for cultural immersion, but instead, we were presented with the opportunity to watch an amateur baseball game in the Cienfuegos stadium, which was something we wanted to do all along. From the game, we were able to end up visiting a market stand where we were able to buy yucca, a pineapple. limes and beans for our host family. Many of these ingredients were used in the creation of our wonderful dinner of fried fish, grilled fish, two different types of rice, chickpea soup, and pineapple juice. After the market we rode in pairs of two in bicycle taxis to get to lunch where we enjoyed chicken, rice, beans, and mango marimba. We then proceeded to one of the host families houses for a WLS learning session. Together we explored our personal leadership styles and hoe they differ from our previous dispositions and notions. We also acted our skits about our personality styles with some of the native Cubans at the homestay. I felt this was an extremely valuable experience that really helped me to learn more about myself, my leadership style, and an important other culture I had little previous knowledge about.
Bobby:
After we experienced the baseball game and all of the other activities that Charlie described, we went back to our homestays for a nice homemade dinner. Gabe, Jesse, David, and I had a perfect combination of shrimp, rice and soup. Then, as a unit, we hit the streets and walked to a small “party” where music was playing, and people were dancing. We all sat together, drank virgin pina coladas, and looked at the beautiful view of the ocean as Charlie and I lead tonight's ANCHOR reflection, which allowed people to open up and express themselves. Tonight, I feel like we bonded as a unit, and I strongly believe that the bond we created tonight will only strengthen as we continue our journey through a new, exciting, and overall beautiful world.
