Yesterday we were invited to attend a picnic hosted by the new University president at her home. Since she is still remodeling, wasn’t that lovely of her? We had pork sandwiches, Cole slaw and a baked potato dish. Delish! 🙂
In a small town in Door County Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan, there is a small store/restaurant that has one of the roofs with grass growing on top. Way up on the roof, they keep goats, who wander around looking at the people below. I love the concept!
When I first informed people that I would spend a semester studying abroad in Kolkata, they usually didn’t understand why I would want to go to India. They would have that polite yet bemused expression, suggesting India was not a reasonable place to visit for an extended period of time.
As I explained why I wanted to go–the challenge of experiencing a completely different culture– many people still didn’t comprehend why I would want to go to an overcrowded, impoverished, hot, polluted, and culturally confusing country. I can see their point. That version of India certainly does exist, but so does another: cosmopolitan cities, a rich and fascinating history, delectable cuisine, impressively beautiful arts and monuments, and so much more.
Since arriving in India, I have fallen in love with this complex country for…
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Sorry everyone! I’m in the process of moving to China at the end of this month, so everything is REALLY hectic. This unfortunately translates into the fact that posts for the next few weeks may be slightly more erratic than normal. I promise that I will smooth it all out as soon as possible!
For the last two summers, I was studying abroad over the 4th of July in Korea ’12 and China ’13. One of the things that fascinated me was the different ways we found to celebrate the 4th of July.
In Korea, we all met up for good old American food that was being served in a local Irish pub (good old hot dogs and curly fries!), and then wandered around the foreign district of Seoul enjoying the rockets and sparklers being waved around. That night, we traveled around various pubs owned by expats and celebrated with fellow traveling Americans and expats. Everyone was wearing their most patriotic shirt (occasionally that meant a football jersey), and we ended up singing the Star Spangled banner with everyone in the bar joining in. Koreans, Americans, Irish, German ~ we all got into it!
The following year, we ended up visiting Beijing for the 4th…
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“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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