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Explore Berlin! Follow the ice cream!

I had high hopes for myself before this trip to Berlin. Maybe I’ll become rare wine expert, or a connoisseur of weird cheeses, or...
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How Long Can I Reasonably Put Off Packing? An Introduction

  As I sit here, in my cozy abode in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, I wonder– how many more episodes of Breaking Bad can...
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Before I Leave- Again

My experience in Berlin has, thus far, been nothing short of amazing. I’ve grown and matured in ways I previously thought never possible, and...
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Weekend Full of Proud Mexican Sports Fans

Mexican sports are so much different than American sports. I realized this in one of my penultimate weekends. American sports are usually dull and...
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Just a Small Girl in a Big World

161566The National University of Singapore is huge. I think after two years of college at Northwestern University I was used to a campus where...
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Cultural diversity in Singapore

It’s amazing how Singapore has managed to become one nation with so many different cultures, and each and every culture does shine. When you...
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Did I Forget Anything?

Here I am eight weeks later, packing my bags, but it still hasn’t hit me that I am leaving in a couple more hours...
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Willst Du Mit Mir Gehn: The Unplanned Adventure

Hello… it’s me. I was wondering if after all these [weeks] you’d like to [virtually] meet to go over everything [that I’ve done in...
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Just 20 Years Before

Sarajevo is a beautiful city surrounded by picturesque mountains and has its own unique mix of eastern and western influences. It is easy to forget...
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Eis Eis Baby

Now that I’m past the halfway mark of the program I’ve begun to look back at what I have done and am planning what...
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