Returned student profile for Vanessa Writt, Biology, UW Banking Animal Biodiversity in Costa Rica
Spring break
A Spring Break to Remember
My program just had our spring break and it’s hard to believe that we’re half way through the semester! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry… I’m not ready to think about going home …
When Months Feel Like Days
Since I last posted, I have seen the absurd beauty of the Cinque Terre, witnessed the amazing history of Rome, and experienced the day in the life as a Londoner. After all this traveling, it …
Spring Break: Bodh Gaya and Holi
[I realize this post may seem confusing and/or redundant if you are following the other Varanasi blogger, considering we are both named Lydia and both went on a spring break trip together] Rather than being …
When in Rome…and You Only Understand Every Third Word
This week was our program’s spring break, which believe it or not, was much warmer than spring breaks at home even though it was two weeks earlier. So, after a relaxing (mostly roommate-free, which is …
Maltese Spring Break
For spring break, a group of ten of us rented a house on the island of Malta. The name Malta derives from a Greek word for honey. So we thought going to the land of …