And we’re back from our trip to paradise. Last weekend was packed with adventure, right now we are all pretty exhausted and have been peeling our sunburns and taking extensive naps to recover from the …
Summer 2016
Hit the ground running
*I have stopped trying to keep track of the days* So school is really hitting a lot of us now that we have finally arrived at the university and settled into the campus a little. …
Never Fresher
Day 5 It feels like the days just fly by here. Not to mention, we haven’t really had much down time to speak of (not that we have been letting ourselves have any, we’re in …
Green Papaya Salad
Day 3: So today consisted of: class, really cool market, more class, and a brief walk around Chiang Mai university campus in the evening. In class we covered how to order food and what different …
First days as a Farang
Day 1 So we have finally arrived in Thailand! The plane rides here were quite a pain but it was definitely worth it. The temperature here is probably the hardest thing to adapt to but …
In transit
So I am currently writing from the international airport in Dubai during my first 2-hour layover. I set up my flight with three other girls from the Midwest who are all studying abroad through the …
The Thing About Believing in Time
I feel like a lot has changed in a month. I try not to be cheeky when writing those words— like duh, yeah, a lot has changed with my education, experiences, and points of view. …
The Sore Thumb
As privileged as this may sound, it is really strange to feel like an outsider. I’ve spent my entire life as a white, cis gendered American who grew up in a rural area in Wisconsin— …
Point and Shoot Man. Point. And. Shoot
Food: the great end-all be-all. The button to your coat. The hinge to your door. The joint to your…. knee? For those who know me, you know I’m closing my left eye, curling the left …
Mapping the Unmapped Map
Thirteen hour flights are inhumane. I cooped myself up in a 50-seat plane from Milwaukee to Toronto, then rode in a huge slingshot across the Arctic Circle to Beijing. You’d think that time and half …