After two showers, I am still finding orange Saharan sand in my ears and hair. It spilled out of my Arabic notebook when I opened it in class this morning. The good news is, it’s …
Kendra Burpee
Crossing Cultures
As part of the Classroom Connections program I am participating in, I’ve been communicating with a high school class in Madison, Wisconsin. As the students are currently doing a unit on “The Art of Crossing …
The Smells of Fez
Morocco is a land of color, culture, beauty and history. But without a doubt, it is a country of smells – smells that I fondly consider a part of my life here. I wake up …
Rooftop
There’s nothing like the sound of the call to prayer from my rooftop as evening sets in. From where I sit, I have a perfect view of the entire medina. Behind me lie the surrounding …
Home Sweet Home
When I first met my new mom, we could not communicate in words at all. She doesn’t know one word of English and I know about two words in Arabic, which at the time, I …
Plane Thoughts
In a few hours when my plane touches down in Morocco, I will be completely out of my comfort zone. I am actually pretty scared. Sitting here on the plane right now, I’m trying to …
Africa!
Welcome to yet another of my study abroad blogs. This time for Africa! I’ve been studying Turkish, Spanish and Azeri here in Wisconsin, yet I’m shipping off to a country that speaks Arabic and French. …