Alright, so in the chronicle of my signing up for more and more things, I’ve written my love songs for my very first campus involvement, SPAFCS, and my third, the Cupboard. But the second thing I ever got involved in definitely merits mention, because it’s one of the most phenomenal campus resources for ANY STUDENT […]
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I’d like to give you a more intimate taste of Valladolid and describe to you some of the efficient urban planning features I’ve noticed over the past months. Much of the architecture, street layout, and city flow is different from what we see in the U.S., all to accompany the unique customs and history of […]
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Have you ever eaten a Valencia Orange? Not only is it a type of orange sold in the U.S. … it’s an actual place! This past weekend my train tickets took me to Valencia, Spain, a Mediterranean coastal city known for a few things: oranges, horchata, paella and Las Fallas. Las Fallas is an annual […]
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If I was a Hungarian my name would be Sandor. I would be tall, dark and masculine with hairy arms and a Cro-Magnon forehead. I would smile occasionally: a repressed smile, because no matter how good things seemed there would always be this sense of impending doom–a calamity lurking around the corner. I would be […]
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Coming from UW-Stevens Point, I have acquired a relatively well-rounded outlook on wellness factors. Remember, the SPECIES model? Social, Physical, Environmental, Career, Intellectual, Emotional… Sexual? No, Spiritual! (Still got it!) I’ve been thinking about these things since arriving in Hungary, and I’ve made some observations comparing Hungary’s health to the U.S., particularly Stevens Point. Social: […]
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School is finally here! I’m a couple weeks late, but I started Uni! I was so excited to finally start my classes because I’ve been waiting a long while for this. Going to school in a different country is such a culture shock! Just because New Zealand is an English speaking country does not make […]
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Hola chicos! I feel like I have been starting my most recent posts with something talking about how cold it is and then I continue to say it can’t be that much longer and soon it will be spring. I say this hoping the next time I write it will actually be warmer and begin […]
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Five of us got together at a coffee shop to book tickets to Gran Canaria, the second largest island of the Canary Islands owned by Spain, for Carnaval (Spanish version of Halloween to start Lent). We had all ambition to go for the crazy festivities that would make up Carnaval, but ended up ditching every […]
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Coming up really soon is election season (March 7-13). You’ll be voting on the 2014-15 SGA President and Vice President, selecting who you want to represent you on the Senate, and, among a few other things, VOTING IN A HUGE IMPORTANT REFERENDUM. I’m gonna try to say some things about that which I hope will […]
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After living in hostels and out of my suitcase for two weeks, I was more than ready to get to New Zealand and get my own bedroom and bathroom! So many things you take for granted when you have access to them everyday (like WiFi!). I can’t even explain how happy I was to finally […]
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