Blah. I don’t have a fancy introduction for you this time. I don’t even have a long drawn out blog for you today. What I do have for you are a few reflections (for the …
Spring 2015
…With Love from France
A tricky part about study abroad is that one has a life and community in one country, you go to create a new life and community in another country, but one still wants to maintain …
Le Premier Mai
HAPPY MAY DAY! Okay, so by the time this gets posted it will be past May 1st, but it seemed like a good time for an update. The French celebrate the first day of spring …
Finding Wisconsin in Bali
I am homesick for the way my culture appropriates other cultures. I went white river rafting in Bali, and I was immediately struck by a heady sense of nostalgia—for the Lazy Rivers of my childhood, …
An Idiot Abroad
A reoccurring theme has emerged during my time abroad—the trope of the “idiotic American”. Again and again, jokes are made at the American’s expense—“I’ll try to speak slowly and use small words, particularly as I …
SPDABCVVDMSCEPD and more
So I know I haven’t written a blog post in a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing cool Chile things. I’ve done quite a bit since I left Arica a little more …
HJÆLP TIL REJSENDE & TIPS FOR STUDYING ABROAD
#1 Find YOUR place. You need a place. It’s that simple. You need it. You need a place where you can go, alone or with friends, depending on your mood, and you can feel at …
Living Room
Everyday on my way to class I rattle through a large park on my 1970’s grandma bike. The park sits just a few short blocks from the canal that marks the perimeter of the old …
Ode to Arica
Today is my last day in Arica. Tonight some friends and I are catching a bus down to San Pedro de Atacama, a desert town that is world renowned for incredible star gazing. We’ll spend …
Never Bother With A Bee
Have you ever heard the song “Never Bother with a Bee?” No? If you ever had Mrs. Perkins, yes, yes you have. If you weren’t one of the lucky LakeBluffians, I’ll help you. It starts: …