semester abroad

Reflecting on a semester abroad cut short: Ecuador

As part of our series on COVID-19, Amizade’s Communications and Development Coordinator Melissa Nix interviewed Ecuador semester student Erica DeBarge...

Elizabethtown College and Amizade – Supporting Students Together Since 1962

Elizabethtown College and Amizade-BCA have been partners since BCA’s founding in 1962. Elizabethtown College students were some of the very...

Experiencing cultural shock as a Japanese man in Ecuador

I have been in Quito, Ecuador more than one month now. This month has been full of new experiences including two...

7 tasty tips from one summer Londoner to another

Before coming to the U.K., I had so many preconceived ideas of what the food culture of London would be like. I...

The top 8 things I will miss about my Amizade-BCA Quito experience

I have been in Quito, Ecuador for seven and a half of my ten-month, academic year abroad, and I have thoroughly enjoyed...

Top 10 foods to try in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago offer a unique culinary experience that is distinct, dynamic and delicious. Our food fusion is based on...

My journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon

REFLECTIONS FROM AN AMIZADE-BCA STORYTELLER: EXCURSION TO THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON What do you think of when you think of the...

From tourist to resident: a transformative Cheltenham experience

It’s been two years since I studied abroad with Amizade-BCA, and yet I can’t shake the experience. That’s because there’s...

Reflections from Ecuador: Understanding the complexities of labels & representation

Although it has been just over six months since I left Ecuador, I still think about Quito almost every day. I’m in...

Sundays in Valladolid

The mornings are late, the coffee is hot, and the company is good–it’s Sunday in Valladolid. Even the city itself slumbers,...