Restless and Ready to Go
Posted June 15, 2015
After months of applications, interviews, planning and a whole lot of waiting, today is finally the day. I’m currently sitting at Gate K19 of O’Hare...Category: Northwestern Programs
All Things Go
Posted June 14, 2015
This is the story of a girl: who has never been out of the country before (although I was an hour from Canada once). who is...
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...
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...
“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...
Lights Out…Indefinitely
Posted May 11, 2015
Setting the scene: I’m sitting there with my roommate, we’re making dinner, enjoying our meal, laughing, enjoying life until all of a sudden the...
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...
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....