4:10 PM CDT, August 19, 2015 – Oregon, Wisconsin, USA I really can’t believe it’s over. It’s rather bittersweet, getting to see my friends and family in the states for the first time in two …
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Finding Home
“So, how does it feel to be home?” It has been about a month since my return from Argentina, and I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked this question since arriving …
Afrika: Mwanzo Mpya 10
Tuesday, July 14th A Week in Zanzibar, and My Final Post of Africa Well, on Monday July 6th, our group headed out to Kilimanjaro airport to part our ways. After a long and fun month …
Back in Wisconsin
It’s been exactly thirteen days since I arrived back in the United States! It feels so strange to be back. The plane ride back went by super fast because I spent most of it researching …
Afrika: Mwanzo Mpya 9
Monday, July 6th The Last Night at Moyo Hill Today was our last day at Moyo Hill, and boy, was it an unforgettable one. We started the day with breakfast and a program debrief, which …
Party with the Panda
上海 Blog #32 二零一五年六月二十一号星期天 Sunday June 21st, 2015 Local Time: 23:48 Shanghai Time 许悦 showed up at my door this morning with a parting gift of nicely framed artwork that will stress me a bit …
再见Begins
上海 Blog #30 二零一五年六月十九号星期五 Friday June 19th, 2015 Local Time: 21:12Shanghai Time Last day of class was today. 再见张老师 (Goodbye professor Zhang). Several of us went to “the noodle place,” our usual lunch location. One …
Scenes from Oz
I am getting on a plane to fly back home in just a few hours, and I still cannot believe it is really over…it just feels so surreal. I sort of thought it would never …
Tips for future #badgersabroad
As I flew into the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport three weeks ago, at the end of a three-flight/22-hour journey, I felt like I was flying into a jungle. I was so used to the brown and …
Goodbye, Shanghai!
After visited M50 we travelled by metro to go to Zhai Laoshi’s house! She just moved into her apartment two weeks ago and we were her first guests. We also got to meet her husband. …