In 11 days, my boyfriend and I drove from New York to California, hoping to find the best food (much of which was arepas and tacos), most interesting places and manage to fit in some of the best hikes. We ended up having a really rewarding adventure. After spending the afternoon and night in Atlanta, …
In 11 days, my boyfriend and I drove from New York to California, hoping to find the best food, most interesting places and manage to fit in some of the best hikes. We ended up having a really rewarding adventure. From Austin, Texas, we headed to Lubbock, Texas to stay with a friend from Couchsurfing. …
In 11 days, my boyfriend and I drove from New York to California, hoping to find the best food, most interesting places and manage to fit in some of the best hikes. We ended up having a really rewarding adventure. We were nervous to do BLM camping because we had never done it before. From …
On a whim, I finally decided to take up the open-ended offer from my close friend Caro to visit her in Mexico City. I am so thrilled that I did, as I had one of the most wonderful trips I have ever had. There is nothing like being with your best friend in her home …
I had the most incredible opportunity to visit Caro and Mariana in Mexico City this year. Although Mexico is so close to California, I never had been before my trip and now that I have, I completely fell in love with it and hope to return someday soon. I really love Mexican cuisine and culture …
16 days left, 99 days complete. Falling into a rhythm in Cochabamba has been nice. Life has consisted of: daily class and guest lectures, site visits to farms and schools and water treatment plants, daily gym excursions, lots of bolivianos spent on aloe juice, quinoa cookies, and abundant snacks from the norte del marte, delicious …
After concluding our Moroccan month in Casablanca with a soccer match and great final meals, we headed north to Spain for the night. Then to Peru and finally to Bolivia. Within 3 days we were on 4 continents, in 4 time zones, and at 4 airports, and you could see the absence of sleep apparent …
Currently writing from my residence in Marrakech, a beautiful hotel with lovely interior design and nice tiles and incredible attention to detail that cannot be found anywhere else. I am listening to alt-j and typing up my study guide for my quiz tomorrow. I am meeting with my group after this to prepare my midterm …
Morocco has been a whirlwind! After a wonderful week in my homestay in rabat and a week up in the atlas mountains, I had one week of spring break. Unfortunately, that was spent with two visits to the hospital and a week in bed with multiple infections, but all is great now! Today after working …
While studying abroad in Morocco, my gluten allergy contributed to an evening of spontaneous pantomime and endless laughter upon joining my homestay family for my first dinner. My homestay dad, Khalil, was asking/miming/attempting to communicate: “Okay, I see here,” pointing to my homestay form, “that you’re allergic to meat?” Laughing, I replied, “No, I am …