Leaving for Germany ~Tomorrow~
Posted June 14, 2015
Hey there! My name is Kali, and I’m a junior theatre major, business minor from Chicago (the Lincoln Park neighborhood, in particular)! This is...Category: Culture
Oh the Places You’ll Go: Backpackers Edition
Posted June 12, 2015
Before coming to South Africa, all of my associations with the word hostel triggered one of three thoughts: 1. A dark, scary place where...
Life Is Short, Eat Dessert First
Posted June 8, 2015
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a pretty bad sweet tooth. When I was a kid, I used to tell my parents...
Child of Israel
Posted June 1, 2015
Memorial Day was a day to remember all the lives lost protecting Israel so its people may live happily and freely. It was truly...
“Winter” Is Coming?
Posted May 14, 2015
So the other day, I was talking to a few other people in the program about our upcoming trip to the Garden Route (along...
Remarkable Jerusalem
Posted April 30, 2015
Today we visited Jerusalem and it was truly an amazing experience, we walked the same steps that Jesus walked when he was resurrected, we...
Goeie Dag, Molweni, Hello
Posted April 14, 2015
I think I’ve always taken language for granted, living in a country and a community where pretty much everyone I’ve ever needed to communicate...
The Lasting Effect of My Time Abroad
Posted April 10, 2015
Samantha Trippy, HKUST Exchange, Fall 2014 As a fellow NU student and I finished up our travels at the end of December, we worried for...
Anxious Aloof American Abroad
Posted March 30, 2015
I had always known since I arrived on Northwestern’s campus as a naive freshman with zero knowledge of anything, that my undergraduate career will...
WOW: How I’m Cheating My Pre-Departure Blog Post
Posted March 30, 2015
Thanks to some technical difficulties back in the States, I am currently writing you all from an internet cafe called WOW in downtown Stellenbosch....