So after my days in Brussels, I know that my traveling days are far from over, but as an American I find that it is difficult to travel. I am not talking about the costs or the time constraints but cultural expectations. Going abroad is great way for Americans to see another country while also […]
I may be leaving Brussels, but Brussels is not leaving me.
As of now I only have 4 days left in Brussels, only 4 days left on this side of the Atlantic. It will be a little of a whirlwind as I am working on finals and getting everything done and pretty soon I will have to leave. I am excited to go home for even […]
The Election
Studying abroad in a foreign country for an extended period of time usually implies that you will fall out of current events happening in your home country, whether it’s the news or music, you miss what’s happening in your homeland. But because the US is always in the news, and everyone listens to American music, […]
Holland
So now that I am midway through the semester, well more than midway but I do will not dwell on that fact, I have adequate material to put into my blog. I first want to talk about my excursions to Holland. I have visited the Netherlands on two occasions, first a day trip to Amsterdam, […]
planning service trip
Since Hurricane Katrina hit, I have been down to the Gulf Coast eight times with the Youth Leadership Council of a group called the Howell PAL (Police Athletic League). I have chaperoned various trips, including several leadership conferences across the country, for them and more recently, started a dance studio this past summer for them back home […]
baby sea turtles!
Got to measure and weigh baby sea turtles the other week at the marine park! I’ve never held something so precious
cuba
words cannot even explain my experience in cuba, so here are some pics to show what was by far the best week of my entire life
big toe is mistaken as fish by shark first day volunteering at marine park
cleaning the algae off of shanada the sea turtle (she is missing a fin) shanada eating (you can see on the left she lost her fin) the shark tank that i clean (you can see one of the shark’s fins towards the top of the picture) ok so now here is an explanation of the caption […]
i had to cover the fish’s face with lettuce
pictured above is one of the dinners i came home to one night. the thing literally still had a full set of teeth and eyes, like eyelids and everything. my first instinct was to cry since the thing was literally frowning, but since my home stay mom seemed so excited for me to try it, i […]
my home stay mom may or may not know about the roof climbing incident that i just posted about
Sorry guys that i am going out of order, but i figured my story from last night when my parents and grandparents who are visiting took my host family out to dinner (9/17/12) would go great with my last roof catastrophe post. ^the note my parents and grandparents left me on my school’s front door […]