{"id":365,"date":"2011-02-19T19:57:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T00:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/02\/the-white-city-meets-flexi-week"},"modified":"2011-02-22T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T16:27:40","slug":"the-white-city-meets-flexi-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/02\/the-white-city-meets-flexi-week","title":{"rendered":"The White City meets Flexi-Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, February 19th<\/p>\n

In yesterday’s post I omitted a rather important announcement: Friday was the beginning of South America trip’s “flexi-week”, in which the students design the travel. They choose the lodging, buy the food, budget the money, plan the activities, and arrange the transportation (except where border-crossing is involved). On the Unschool Adventures Argentina Trip in 2008, the group did two weeks of student-designed travel, and it was a big hit. On this trip, the students are designing one week of travel in Arequipa, Peru: The White City.<\/p>\n

Originally I suggested that the student’s do homestays (which include breakfasts and dinners for a bargain price) for the flex-week, but they weren’t into that idea. So they went online to Hostelbookers.com and found the Bothy Hostel instead. <\/p>\n

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The Bothy turned out to be a great find. Aside from the hot water problem (they’re solar-only, and it’s usually cloudy in the summer, so…no hot water!), it has everything that our group needs, including a movie room that’s just the right size for our 13-person meetings.<\/p>\n

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The students spent their first full day in Arequipa exploring the city, buying groceries, and thinking about possible activities for the rest of the week. I spent the day scouting out all the awesome, awesome restaurants that the city has to offer. I ultimately decided that the Mexican restaurant “Tacos & Tequila” was the highest priority. Jonah, Hanna and I went there for a post-dinner snack.<\/p>\n

Hanna went into a little food coma after the first bite of her burrito.<\/p>\n

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My taco was a work of art. LOOK AT THAT GUACAMOLE!<\/p>\n

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So happy.<\/p>\n

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