As the notes of “Auld Lang Syne” began to play, Google’s Year in Review flashed on the screen, and 2020 became a year to revisit only in future history books, I stood still with my mask on and my champagne in hand, not knowing what or how to feel. And, five days later, I still…
Wow, I missed reading beyond the pages and pages of articles, textbook chapters, and academic essays for school. Here are the books that kept me busy this summer, followed by my own short evaluations of them. Let me know if you have any recommendations for what I should read next! Untamed by Glennon Doyle I…
I started trying to write this post about a month ago and am just now getting around to finish it. The good news is that not much has changed since then. While the outside world is experiencing total chaos, my life seems to be in complete standstill. Everything around me is changing week to week,…
My peanut butter and Yerba Mate intake has dramatically increased, my toenail has grown back, and my free time has dwindled to the few minutes before the lecture begins. In case you haven’t guessed, I am back in school. And while I know this year will be the best one yet, we’re off to a…
I am writing this while sitting on the couch watching Breaking Bad. Clearly, my European summer is no more and I’m hoping that the exhilarating lives of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman will keep my brain occupied enough to forget that Ladurée is 5,546 miles away, the Hotel Allegro Granada is 5,933 miles away, and…
Today, a friend of mine asked me what I’m planning to do when I get home and I honestly don’t know the answer. Work, I guess? Maybe take a SoulCycle class or two? Honestly, nothing sounds all that great compared to this past month. Though all of us were quite turned off from Granada at…
Well, because it’s just too early to start studying for the final, and I did very well on the midterm, it’s time to party. Which we did at an Italian restaurant on Friday with 7 pitchers of sangría. Over the weekend, the whole program bussed to Córdoba and Sevilla, two cities with some of the…
Mom, I’m so sorry, but I went topless on a beach. And I loved it. This past weekend, the gang traveled to Ibiza - a little island in the Mediterranean best known for its insane parties. Wikipedia will say it’s also home to some “quiet villages and sandy coves,” but I’m not quite sure those…
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In Spain, McDonald’s doesn’t smell like aggressive amounts of high cholesterol with subtle undertones of streak mark underwear. The McFlurries are infinitely better and they offer potato wedge fries. America, step it up. We arrived in Granada yesterday after a whirlwind 64 hour (3 nights, 2 days) trip to Madrid. All of us were shocked…
The top three words of this week? Como se dice. Meaning "how do you say..." in Spanish. Meaning we started the real study abroad thing and our blissful days wandering around Barcelona have come to an end. Don’t worry, spirits are still high and we’ve added a few more friends to the troupe (enter Tessa,…
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