While spending my last month in Amsterdam, I had to complete a 4 week research project on a topic I chose that related to gender studies. When I first arrived in Amsterdam I noticed that it was all over the news the women were starting to play soccer and it was an “unusual” thing. When…
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Roman around Prague
In my last month abroad I have decided to travelers much as possible! The next stops I took were to Rome and Prague! It was awesome to see friends studying abroad in both places and also getting to meet some locals. The food in Rome was unbelievable and so cheap….I was loving life. Walking around…
Finding Love in Paris
Starting this last week our independent study projects for SIT have started and we don’t have a structured schedule anymore of classes and excursions. This is the time where we get to travel and explore Europe a bit, so I took a trip to Paris! It was amazing! The cheese, the views, the architecture, the…
Welcome Home
Ok, so I am not really sure how to do this. But, here it goes. I am back in America. I had to leave Jordan early due to medical circumstances. The fabulous people at SIT are letting me complete my semester with full credits from here in the US because the circumstances were emergent. But…
Well, That Was Expensive…
I haven’t processed the past few weeks yet. It has been a mixture of stress and exhaustion with a little elation and fun thrown in. I have past the half way point, which, at certain times, I felt was never going to come. And now, we’re finishing our last night in Dubai for our international…
Moroccan Me Crazy
I just got back from a 2 week excursion to Morocco! It was absolutely beautiful! We stayed in 4 different cities, Rabat, Fes, Marrakech and Casablanca and while we were there we took classes about the gender differences in their culture and did guided tours throughout each city. My favorite parts about the trip were…
Halfway Through
Things in Jordan have gotten a lot more interesting. For starters, I spent last week in the Badia (tribal, rural area) of Jordan. How different life can be sometimes. I thought Amman was so different from Orlando? Try Al-Rajif from Amman from Orlando. The culture of Al-Rajif is conservative and tribal. The people of the…
My First Month
So, I know understand why the program requirement is to write a blog post every 2 weeks. It would probably be impossible to do it weekly, or every other day. So much happens in a short amount of time while we are abroad and to try to document every moment of it is implausible. I…
Rotterdam Pride
Wow! The past couple of weeks have been so much fun with traveling and events set up by our program! This last weekend we traveled about an hour and half outside of Amsterdam to go participate in the Pride Walk of Rotterdam. I think my favorite part was seeing the difference in the architecture compared…
WOW, TIME FLIES!
Today officially marks my first week here and it has been quite a journey. I find myself saying “what is Jordan?” about 89% of the time because this place can be quite confusing. I am in the Middle East, I recognize that. It is kind of hard not to, honestly. I look, speak, act and…