The day after meeting the host families, everyone in the Minnesota program goes on a trip to the city of Meknes and the Roman ruins of Volubilis. If you’re like me and like a bit …
summer study abroad
A Month in a Week
A lot has happened since I last posted and I have a lot to tell. This probably should be made into several blog posts, but because of how fast everything has happened it will just …
The Sore Thumb
As privileged as this may sound, it is really strange to feel like an outsider. I’ve spent my entire life as a white, cis gendered American who grew up in a rural area in Wisconsin— …
Mapping the Unmapped Map
Thirteen hour flights are inhumane. I cooped myself up in a 50-seat plane from Milwaukee to Toronto, then rode in a huge slingshot across the Arctic Circle to Beijing. You’d think that time and half …
Day 24 – Where The Wild Things Are
June 17th, 2014 – Tiputini Biological Reserve If a tree falls in the forest and only I hear it, does it make a sound? Not today. Not if no one believes me. It is funny …
Day 12 – Bye Bye Butterfly
June 5th, 2014 – Lalo Loor Dry Forest Reserve General Ecology Lab 3: Insect Collection and Identification. This lab has a long history of research safety, resulting in no deaths up to this point in …