The past week has been filled with classes, climbing, and excursions to Kathmandu’s most famous historical sites. I feel that I have a better academic understanding of Buddhism and Nepal, but there is still an unimaginable amount of knowledge to embrace. Many people don’t know that Kathmandu was separated into three kingdoms: Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, and …
Continue reading "The Beauty of Climbing"It is nearly impossible to describe how wonderful my first week in Nepal has been… At JFK airport, before departing for Doha, Qatar, en route to Kathmandu, Ben and I met a Havard graduate human rights lawyer named Connor, who had previously spent a few months in Kathmandu. He described Kathamndu as a city containing …
Continue reading "First Impressions of Nepal"Hi everyone! My name is Caroline Conquergood and I am a junior at Boston College, studying abroad this semester at Charles University through the ECES program in Prague, Czech Republic! I’m double majoring in Applied Psych and History, with a minor in Medical Humanities. I grew up outside of Boston, and while I traveled in …
Continue reading "Blog post 1"After an overnight flight to London and another couple of hours, I found myself (a bit disoriented) worlds away in Madrid at the front gate of my homestay apartment. This is it! I’m on my own now. The door buzzed open, and I lugged my three bags into the compact elevator, and when the double …
Continue reading "Touchdown in Madrid"The theme for this semester is travel — by May, I will be five continents down, only two more to go! Welcome back to studying abroad with Ayden. This is my second semester abroad and for this round I am doing another School for International Training Program. It’s an international honors program that studies the …
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