Back Again
Posted March 5, 2018
There were many times in Paris where I actually felt desperate to go home. I missed my friends and iced coffees and the feeling...Category: Culture
Remembering Paris
Posted March 1, 2018
Now that I have been back at Northwestern for some time I don’t find myself missing Paris but I do find myself appreciating much...
An Afterword
Posted February 14, 2018
So, it’s been a while since I’ve been back home. After weeks of waiting, some serious trouble accessing cash, and about 7 flights across...
Water
Posted February 14, 2018
When I left for South Africa in January, I didn’t expect my friends and family to hear much about the region except for what...
Orientation to South Africa
Posted February 1, 2018
The first two weeks of our program were incredible, but also, at times, emotionally heavy. Even in the first couple of days we jumped...
Contrasts
Posted January 26, 2018
Our first two weeks in South Africa were spent traveling the northeast corner of the country, with Johannesburg acting as a sort of home...
Back On Campus
Posted January 26, 2018
No one could have warned me about how strange it would be being back at Northwestern. A whole entire quarter has passed without me....
Settling in, but seeing new places
Posted January 23, 2018
We have finally settled in at Stellenbosch for a few weeks, and we have begun to get into a routine. As someone studying Industrial...
Reflections
Posted January 18, 2018
It has been a little over a month since I came back from Paris and life as resumed its regular rhythm and tempo. After...
Finally.
Posted January 5, 2018
When I began my undergraduate studies at Northwestern, I wasn’t sure I wanted to be an engineer. What I did know was that I wanted...