We’ve only been here for a week but it easily feels like a month. Especially with all of the activities we have been up to, it seems like we’ve been running around nonstop since we …
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Nowhere Can You Avoid Country Music
Hi everyone ! Sorry for the late update, but I actually got sick on the day that I would have been writing the blog. (Might be allergic to blueberries, it turns out). So, what all has …
No Harm, No Foul
Day 2 in Beijing. We descend into the subway station at 灯市口。The station is empty except for one group of people, who appear to all be together. The train arrives and, despite there being at …
Arrival in Shanghai: Do I actually know any Chinese?
Before starting classes in Tianjin, I am spending a couple weeks touring in Shanghai and Beijing with my family. After sluggishly deplaning at Pudong International Airport, we took the Maglev train from the airport right …
Ready or not, here I come!
I’m sitting at my gate at LAX, trying to finish this pre-departure post before I board my flight to Shanghai in 20 minutes, thinking about how I managed to pull everything together to get here. …
Before I Go
As I prepare to leave for China, a lot of my family has come to say goodbye as if I’m leaving forever. I’ve gotten ‘advice’ from family members who haven’t travelled abroad, and advice from …
No Man’s Land
It’s crazy to think that I leave for China in just seven days! I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months getting everything in order for my time abroad. There’s honestly a …
Life After Going Abroad
Hey all, This is to be my last post as a study abroad correspondent and I just wanted to take the time to both provide some final thoughts on this semester and then also push …
Where Has the Time Gone?
Hi all! So we’re about halfway through the semester (which I am extremely disappointed about), and so I thought I’d take a little time and talk about a few things that I wish I’d had …
Inner Mongolia for the Holidays
Hello all, 国庆节快乐！This week celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic China and so I have a week off of classes! As this is really the only break that we have this semester, I wanted …