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Summer 2016

Momentary Mahout-ing and Paradise-living

Posted on July 26, 2016

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 …

Posted in Asia, Lauren Raasch, Returned Student, Summer 2016, ThailandTagged International Academic Programs, Lauren Raasch, study abroad, Thailand, UW-madison

Hit the ground running

Posted on July 18, 2016

*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. …

Posted in Asia, Lauren Raasch, Returned Student, Summer 2016, ThailandTagged International Academic Progarms, Lauren Raasch, study abroad, summer abroad, Thailand, UW-madison2 Comments

Never Fresher

Posted on July 7, 2016

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 …

Posted in Asia, Lauren Raasch, Returned Student, Summer 2016, ThailandTagged International Academic Programs, Lauren Raasch, study abroad, summer abroad, Thailand, UW-madison3 Comments

Green Papaya Salad

Posted on July 5, 2016

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 …

Posted in Asia, Lauren Raasch, Returned Student, Summer 2016, ThailandTagged International Academic Programs, Lauren Raasch, study abroad, summer abroad, Thailand, UW-madison2 Comments

First days as a Farang

Posted on June 30, 2016

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 …

Posted in Asia, Lauren Raasch, Returned Student, Summer 2016, ThailandTagged International Academic Programs, Lauren Raasch, study abroad, summer, Thailand, UW-madison2 Comments

In transit

Posted on June 27, 2016

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 …

Posted in Lauren Raasch, Returned Student, Summer 2016Tagged Chiang Rai, flight, Lauren Raasch, packing, study abroad, summer abroad, Thailand, travel, UW Micro Public Health2 Comments

The Thing About Believing in Time

Posted on June 27, 2016

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. …

Posted in Asia, China, Laura Grulke, Returned Student, Summer 2016Tagged china, Intensive Chinese, Laura Grulke, study abroad, summer abroad, Tianjin, UW-madison

The Sore Thumb

Posted on June 14, 2016

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— …

Posted in Asia, China, Laura Grulke, Returned Student, Summer 2016Tagged china, International Academic Programs, Laura Grulke, summer study abroad, Tianjin, UW-madison

Point and Shoot Man. Point. And. Shoot

Posted on June 6, 2016

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 …

Posted in Asia, China, Laura Grulke, Returned Student, Summer 2016Tagged china, food, International Academic Programs, Laura Grulke, study abroad, summer abroad, Tianjin, UW-madison

Mapping the Unmapped Map

Posted on May 31, 2016

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 …

Posted in Asia, China, Laura Grulke, Returned Student, Summer 2016Tagged china, International Academic Programs, Laura Grulke, summer study abroad, Tianjin, UW-madison
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