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Category: Homestay

To homestay or not to homestay?

Here in Paris, you have 2 primary housing options: living in a homestay or living at St. John’s University’s dormitory. From what I’ve seen...
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Expect the Unexpected

Everything works out. Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. The two statements above are less contradictory than you may think. I am...
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Becoming One with Mexico

Here I am, with less than a week before my adventures in Mexico come to an end. This has been one of my favorite...
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Interactions

To be frank, a large chunk of our South African experience was constricted to a very Western culture and style of living in South...
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Half-Time

“It’s been four weeks already?” has been a question that has gone through my head multiple times today. To be exact, tomorrow will mark...
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1200 miles into a new home

One of my favorite and most memorable experiences in South Africa so far was the rural homestay experience that we had the privilege of...
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Home Sweet Homestay

Hello everyone! I’ve been excited to tell you about my homestay experience in a rural village, HaMakuya, during my stay here. This was the...
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Off the Grid

I can honestly say I enjoyed being off the grid for a week. Despite a small amount of anxiety over fall class registration, it...
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Mexico on my Mind…Always

I’ve been back from Mexico for a while now, and I can safely say that while Mexico was on my mind occasionally before I...
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Mexico On My Mind

My name is Qian Kun Tan and I am a junior at Northwestern studying Biological Sciences and Asian American Studies. This summer, I will...
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