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Category: History

Oh Hi There Mona! Nice to See You Again.

I have always been an introvert—as much as I love going out and dancing with other foreign students every Friday night, I crave to...
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Back at It

Finally, I have returned to Evanston to start a new year school year. A clean slate, with a fresh outlook and excitement; I truly...
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Tschüss(e) Berlin

Today I went to my last class at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and I was hit with the realization that my time in...
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Just 20 Years Before

Sarajevo is a beautiful city surrounded by picturesque mountains and has its own unique mix of eastern and western influences. It is easy to forget...
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11/07/95 Gallery

I have waited to write my last blog post until the end of the trip to allow myself some time to process the past...
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Bridging the Gap

Imagine the city that you called home became a battlefield. Imagine that the city became split right down the middle and people who were once neighbors are now being forced...
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Ghost Town at Night

This weekend I experienced the most strange, amazing adventure at the Zocalo. The Zocalo is the origin of modern day Mexico, the center of...
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My Life Here

As clichéd as this may sound, I feel as if Berlin has become a second home for me. I am (for the most part)...
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Muchas Catedrales

“There’s only two weeks left?”-Basically how everyone in the program feels at this point. Everyone always tells you that your time abroad will go...
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El tiempo se pasa volando

Es increíble pensar que ya tenemos un mes en la bella ciudad de México. One whole month that has flown by. During this month...
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