Two weeks ago, I set out to travel to four cities in the Northeast of Brazil. Porto de Galinhas was the first stop.
Porto de Galinhas is a small town full of scuba diving and dune buggy outfits, which...
This is another post written on a bus. This time we're heading home from a school trip titled "yam le yam" or "sea to sea". The idea is to hike from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee, but in reality...
Before I studied abroad I never realized how much I like - and take for granted - the outdoors. I would never describe myself as an "outdoorsman," but parks, yards, hikes and just general "being outside"...
We all know that English and Spanish combine to form Spanglish, while Portuguese and Spanish together are Portuñol. During a recent conversation with my family, I struggled to name the mix of Portuguese...
This past weekend was the CIEE Weekend Trip and I along with 27 other students and 3 professors went to Nanjing. The other options were Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Wu Zhen but I chosen Nanjing because of its...
Jerusalem is a holy city. A bridge between the material and the spiritual. Many would say between the earth and the heavens.
But what is holy?: "Connected to a god or a religion/ religious and morally...
Despite what some days may feel like, I am taking other courses in Shanghai besides my Chinese language class! Last week in Chinese Film and Cinema, we watched Wu Yonggong's "The Goddess," which was released...
Looking for a place to live here has got me wondering whether the phrase "everything but the kitchen sink" has its origins in Brazil.
Apartments and houses for rent in Brazil are generally unfurnished. ...
Mike, Anna, and I spent Carnaval the way most people from Teresina choose to: we left town to relax on the beach. It wasn't wild, but it did help me straighten out my priorities here.
Our destination...
Today, I joined a fellow CIEE student (Margot) at a coffee shop (Magodo's 520 Coffee) across from ECNU to work on homework together. I've been to lots of coffee shops in Shanghai and they are very similar...
Right now I'm riding the bus to Tel-Aviv for the weekend, something that's become somewhat of a habit amongst my friends and I. It takes about an hour to get to Tel-Aviv from Jerusalem, and hostels dot...
