Sunny Galapagos Islands ...

FYI. I exchanged brief email with Heather this weekend re specific issue. Heather said that the girls and two teachers were at the airport, ready to head to the Galapagos Islands on Sunday morning. I just checked the forecast and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, with a high of 87 degrees, and a "low" of 77 degrees. Warm weather, warm water, nature everywhere, evoluation in action. What a bunch of lucky girls! :-)

pics

Has anyone gotten pictures from their daughter? I'd love to see some more. (Montana- GET A CAMERA! Love you.)

Thanks-
Donna de Kuyper
donnadek@comcast.net

Just to my mom sorry m,y e-mails broken or something funky

Hey mom i need information for natural science about something that is grown locally (crops honey maple syrup) and about an organization who does it. Then i need a recipe that includes it. It would be amazing if you could help me out please please please..... i dont have much recources to do it

I miss you soo much im going to call you and dad ASAP... did you see i got to watch 2 aND a half men :)

Love you

Hello from Cuenca

Hello, parents and friends!
I just wanted to give you a hello on the blog from a girl (though you're all wonderful, too). We're in Cuenca, as I'm sure you know. I'm using a computer at the school we're studying at. I'm not sure how updated you all are, but if you're ever looking for a girl perspective on the trip I have a blog (and a few other girls do as well), which you can reach through my blogspot page on here (click the link that is my name). Claire's updates are glorious and more than enough I have no doubt, but I also know some parents had expressed interest. We update fairly frequently, too. Anyway, we're having a ball (and missing you)!
Much love,
Caitlin
P.S. It was Woman Day here two days ago, so happy Woman Day!

Regarding the picture...

Hello from Quito. We're just back from our groupstays in Agualongo, which were absolutely SPLENDID. The girls are going to put together an update on the entire experience, so I won't ruin their stories with any of my own. But know this: it was incredible. In. Cred. I. Ble.

And now, Barb, here are the girls (see descriptions from previous email...):

Back row: Alex, Phoebe, Cara, Heather, Melissa, Adia, Jemma, Jenna, Lizzie, Grace, Dawn.
Front row: Sarah, Caitlin, Laura, Charlotte, Montana, Amber, Claire.

And that's us!

Hope you are all doing wonderfully. We certainly are.

Your South American correspondent,
Claire

Who's who ...

OK, I'm dying to put names to the beautiful faces above. Last semester, I found it helpful to be able to match the names of the teachers and girls I was hearing so much about with the faces in their group picture. So, I thought it would be fun for each us to add a comment identifying our daughter in the Valentine's day photo.

For those who didn't attend the orientation, the teachers are:

• Cara, back row, third from left (ok, I don't know Cara, but know the other 3, so I'm assuming this is Cara ... :-)
• Heather, back row, fourth from left (next to Cara)
• Dawn, back row, far right
• Claire, front row, far right