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After experiencing an exhilarating and extended day of traveling and touring London, my group was finally set out to travel to Scotland. We originally planned to arrive at the train station early in the morning and be in Dumfries by the early afternoon. However, things did not go as planned because they never do. As…
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Friday was the first day of our trip. We boarded an over night flight in the late afternoon to London Heathrow Airport. The plane ride was very long and I did not sleep at all. When we landed, it was early Saturday morning in London. After we landed, it was time to experience the underground…
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Monday was the day we were supposed to go to the school for the first time. Due to all the corona-virus issues, we needed to make sure that we were still allowed in the school and was not able to go to the school Monday morning. Instead, we walked around downtown and went to a…
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Friday- we left Dumfries on a very early train this morning. It was a bit too early for my liking. We got to London and we split up into groups based on where we wanted to go. The group I was in decided that we were going to go to the zoo, but first you’re…
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Day 5 in Uruguay! I honestly started falling in love with Uruguay by this time. This was also my favorite day of the trip. Our day started off at the INIA research station called Palo a Pique. There, we learned about their forage based beef production. Dr. Jose Ignacio discussed the research being done in…
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Day 7- our last official day of the trip. On our last day we visited Alto de la Ballena, a Winery Mrs. Paula Pivel and Mr. Alvaro Lorenzo. Mrs. Paula talked to us about how her and her husband started the winery. She also talked about her transition from living in the city of Montivideo…
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After months of waiting and nervousness, I finally boarded the plane heading to Uruguay! The flight was a red-eye and I honestly thought we would never land, but we made it! The airport was completely different from the ones in the US, the employees were actually nice and helpful. We all exchanged some cash for…
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Until this trip, I had never been so far out of the United States and had certainly never taken a 9-hour plane ride. I was really nervous about it, but I enjoy flying and getting to see the world from above. While most of our flight was at night, the sun rose over South America…
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Prior to traveling to Uruguay, I thought I had seen a bunch of cattle. I have seen the large beef cattle finishing operations of the midwest. In South Dakota, I saw a huge feedlot. This is very different from Uruguay, where the beef is grass-fed. Central Uruguay is covered in grasslands, which is why it…
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For our first full day in Uruguay, Bruno took us around Montevideo to see the local history and culture. Our first stop was Fortaleza del Cerro, an old fort built in the 1800s. The fort sits on the highest point in Montevideo, giving it the strategic advantage. The fort stands as a museum and still…
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