Dashing
Posted November 4, 2015
by Savannah Birnbaum The semester so far feels a lot like walking up a down-moving escalator. I must do everything! Go everywhere! Have the...Category: Programs
My trip to Guangzhou
Posted November 2, 2015
As promised, this post will talk about my trip to some villages around Guangzhou as part of “Exploring Chinese Culture Through Fieldwork.” The trip...
Exploring Hong Kong and Southern China, in and outside of the classroom
Posted October 30, 2015
My favorite class here has been “Exploring Chinese Culture through Fieldwork.” It is a cultural anthropology class focused on Southern China and Hong Kong....
Toussaint Part I: Cliffs of Moher
Posted October 28, 2015
Paris is great and all but city life gets to be a bit tiring sometimes. This is why my friends and I decided to...
Halfway There
Posted October 27, 2015
I’m writing this at Sciences Po’s library*, just a few hours before I take off for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, all places that...
Some Fishy Explorations
Posted October 22, 2015
Cinque Terre: the famed 5 cities on the Ligurian coast of Italy. This past week, my friend and I had scheduled for two nights in...
Food Frenzy
Posted October 20, 2015
by Ann Ku There’s nothing I can say about the food here except delicious. Over the few months that I’ve been here, I’ve tried...
The Ivies of Paris
Posted October 15, 2015
“Look around you. It is very likely that those French students among you will go onto l’École Nationale d’Administration. They will be the future...
Berlin Dreaming
Posted October 12, 2015
by Annabel Liou Berlin feels like a dream now that I’ve been back at Northwestern for a month. Take any American street I’ve walked...
The “frenchness” of the French
Posted October 12, 2015
Throughout my first few weeks in France one thing that has stood out to me is the “frenchness” of the people. This may sound...