Until We Meet Again…
Posted September 9, 2015
Having the time to settle and reflect about my experience abroad was much needed before completing my final entry. Being home and around friends...Category: Reflection
A Never-Ending Identity Crisis
Posted September 9, 2015
One of the greatest fears I had before arriving to South Africa was how I was going to fit in. This wasn’t in the...
Trail Blazing Professors (& Not Just in the Academic Way!)
Posted September 8, 2015
When we talk about study abroad experiences, it seems that classes don’t always take up the spotlight. And that’s understandable. We have to take...
Reflections from the Teddy Bear-Covered Couch
Posted September 4, 2015
So here I am, back on the couch from which I wrote my first blog post. It’s been almost three full months since then,...
Tschüss, Berlin
Posted September 3, 2015
I thought studying abroad would be a life-changing experience. I remember skimming pamphlets and websites advertising their studying abroad programs in [insert foreign country here],...
Great City, Amazing People…and American Horror Story
Posted August 19, 2015
During my last few nights in Beijing, I managed to find a Chinese website to watch American Horror Story on and then promptly watched...
Until Next Time…
Posted August 17, 2015
It’s hard to believe just how quickly these past eight weeks have passed by. When we first arrived, we were bright-eyed bushy-tailed as we...
Soothing End
Posted August 17, 2015
Blind persons give you a Chinese massage in 盲人按摩. While I heard about this practice, I never had the time to investigate. Time not spent...
Missing the Adventure
Posted August 12, 2015
Writing my last blog post means that my quarter in South Africa is officially over (even though I technically returned to the US almost...
Lose Yourself to Dance
Posted August 4, 2015
During the Long Weekend, which is a break between the two, four-week sessions of classes on this program, my group chose to go to...