Week 1

As our wonderful RD (Residential Director) Margie put it, “I’m shooketh.” I can’t believe Week 1 of NSLI-Y is already over. It simultaneously feels like we’ve been in this city for a week (true) and months (less true). Meeting our host families was an intriguing experience. One by one, we filed up on stage to…

Traveling Pt 1

The 30 hours of traveling had their ups and downs, but the one certainty is that every single hour was exhausting. The day(s?) began with my boys Xander and Ben sleeping through their alarms and being thirty minutes late. After frantically running through the airport to catch our flight, we were made to sit in…

Done with PDO, On to Nanjing!

As part of the National Security Language Initiative, all students participate in pre-departure orientation. We converged at Washington, D.C., where I got to meet all sorts of people going to Nanjing, Suzhou, and Xi’ An. While the information given about safety, culture differences, and street smarts was crucial, the main attraction of PDO was definitely…

London 2017

After spending my last week in London, I can definitively say that it’s one of my top five favorite cities in the world. From the public transportation to the shows to the food to the green spaces to the architecture, I instantly felt at home as soon as I entered the city. Here are some…