A Day at Hạ Long Bay
Posted July 16, 2019
What do King Kong, dragons, and limestone all have in common? Hạ Long Bay! This past weekend, my GESI Vietnam group travelled to Hạ Long...Category: Locations
Volcanoes of Ethics
Posted July 16, 2019
While the volcanoes of language have calmed down and my Spanish skills have been improving over the past week, a new and controversial volcano...
Going with the Flow
Posted July 11, 2019
Living with my home-stay family has provided the opportunity to experience everyday life in Hanoi. Walking down my street in the morning, I pass...
Volcanoes of Language
Posted July 8, 2019
Everyday in Guatemala there are not only real life erupting volcanoes, but volcanoes in my mind. There is so much unknown that I anticipate...
Bienvenido!
Posted July 8, 2019
I clutched my suitcase and crumpled up the tiny piece of paper with small phrases of Spanish I scribbled down last minute. Taking a...
Taking Time To Listen
Posted July 2, 2019
After five days of embracing sweat as a state of being, the Hanoi weather seemed to cool off (to a cool 90 degrees) just...
A Hanoi Welcome!
Posted July 1, 2019
The air outside of the Hanoi airport felt like a sauna. As we moved farther from the airport air we had grown accustomed to...
A Journey to Global Citizenship
Posted June 7, 2019
Joel Alvarez-Rinconeño, Study Abroad ’17 & ’18, Northwestern ’19 Sociology, English Going into Northwestern, I never expected to go abroad, let alone THREE times....
A Deeper Understanding of Myself
Posted June 4, 2019
Rekhia Adams, Study Abroad ’17, Northwestern ’20 Theatre, International Studies Studying abroad was something I was excited about and very comfortable with, as I...
More Than A Sentence
Posted May 14, 2019
Sabrina Matsuda, Study Abroad ’17-’18, Northwestern ’19 Linguistics, German I always have a difficult time answering the question, “How was study abroad?” because, well…...