Adventures

The real China
By Kellianne Jones
April 19, 2010 - 7:37pm
It's easy to fall into a comfortable routine while abroad, but I decided it was time to explore Beijing.

I knew, coming to China, that I’d meet people from completely different backgrounds than me. I have classmates from Mongolia, the Philippines, Sweden, Portugal, Australia, France, and the Netherlands. The international scene has been one of the best parts of studying abroad in Beijing, and is something you can’t really get anywhere else. 

Home is everywhere
By Meredith Popolo
April 13, 2010 - 3:13am
Finding comfort in a foreign land

“It’s getting late,” my friend shouted in my ear at a noisy, sweaty discoteca. I looked at my phone. It was 3:47, and I had to be up in less than five hours. It’s time to go home, I thought.

Home. The long walk back gave me a lot of time to think about that word. Home. As I stumbled through the dimly lit Piazza della Repubblica, I wondered, is Florence really my home now?

Eat. Sleep. Bathe. Poop?
By Mallory Passuite
April 12, 2010 - 5:45pm
How a cultural exchange in Morocco made me rethink the basics

A gray-haired, Guatemalan Harvard graduate, my professor of Latin American Short Story squats over a dusty, orange, dirt path outside...

I'm in Morocco b*tch?
By Julia Terruso
March 25, 2010 - 3:43pm
The struggle to find an authentic experience in Tangiers

Morocco has been at the top of my list of places to visit while abroad from the beginning. Its proximity to Spain, 340 miles, and the enchantment of going to a country with camels, potent spices, and ocean views made it a must see spot for me. All of this, coupled with the fact that I’d heard stories from my Mom who spent six years in Egypt in her 20s, had me raring to visit northern Africa.

Keeping calm after the quake
By Sam Disston
March 17, 2010 - 5:56am
Moving on after my first earthquake experience, despite major aftershocks

Am I safe?

YES.

Am I scared?

NO.

Am I staying in Chile?

YES.

Sex in a new city: Kim Cattrall in London-town
By Marlei Martinez
March 12, 2010 - 12:13am
Anxiously waiting outside a London theater for the chance to meet the Sex and the City celebrity
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