Questions for Parents

We know getting your children to talk can be difficult at times so we prepared a list of questions to help as conversation starters. We hope they help you learn more about our trip. 

1. Tell me about the weather in Peru.

2. What were your hotel's like? Room size, AC, etc.

3. What is the most important thing you learned about Peru?

4. Describe how the two countries of Peru and the United States are different.

5. How has traveling to Peru changed your worldview?

6. How did you use your Spanish on the trip? Was there a time when the language barrier was difficult?

7. What food items did you eat the most often for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

8. Describe where you ate your meals.

9. Who is one person from the trip that you got to know on the trip that you didn't really know at the start of the week?

10. How did your perceptions of other students change while we were on the trip?

11. What did you learn about yourself?

12. What challenged or pushed you the most during the trip?

13. Who was Nila? Tell me about her.

14. What activity in Peru was your favorite? Why this one over all the other actives?

15. What confidence have you gained as a World Traveler from this trip?

16. How will this experience help you in the future?

17. If you could take your family back to one place region from the trip what would it be?

18. How do landscapes and climate compare to what we have in Colorado?

19. What were the coolest animal (s) that you encountered on the trip?

20. If you lived in Peru, what would you miss the most about your life in Colorado?

21. Describe one native person that really impressed you.

22. What did you spend your money on each day?

23. How would your life be different if you grew up in Peru?

24. Did you overcome any fears? If so, how were you able to do this?

25. What was a benefit of not having internet or phone service available to you all of the time?

26. What new foods did you get to try?

27. What foods and drinks did you buy at the supermarket?

28. What surprised you most about Peru?

29. Was there anything that you didn't want to try or do, but did? How was it?

30. What was it like negotiating the small streets in Nicaragua with the tour bus?

31. What were the houses like that we saw? What building materials were used most often?

32. How was the souvenir shopping experience different in Peru?