Study Abroad Cliché of the Day: Europe Feels Like Home and I Want to Move Here

Welcome to the one where Spain is Barcelona, but Barcelona is not Spain! A bit of complex politics to start us off today, but there is a lot of tension about whether or not the autonomous region of Catalonia — of which Barcelona is the capital — should become its own country. Mainly because many …

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Ndikunena Zikomo Kwambiri Kwa Banja Langa (I Say Thank You So Much to My Family)

I’ve recently been told that I use the words “insane” and “amazing” too much in these blogs — thanks mom, appreciate the edits :). But I can’t think of any words that better describe this past month. We recently visited Salima, on the shore of Lake Malawi (Africa’s largest body of water). But no swimming …

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We Are Farmers, bum-badum-bum-bum-bum-bum

Very sorry about the title haha. It makes me laugh, but I’m terrible at spelling noises… But hello again! These past few weeks have been insane – turns out the best of this program was yet to come! Since we last checked in, we finished our time in Ecuador. We visited a large scale dairy …

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