Don’t be fooled. New Zealand is COLD. Especially for a Floridian, and ESPECIALLY in the South Island, in Dunedin. Way too close to the South Pole for my comfort zone. I thought it would be okay, three layers a day for half the time here, not bad. Just last week, it snowed on the Kepler…
Finals are going to happen
So finals are spread out over a month after classes end. It’s pretty easy to fall into a blanket of false security if your finals are like mine and all at the end of the month. So with so much time what to do? Travel! If you play your cards right, you can get a…
Surviving and thriving in Paris
I’ve come to learn that a tourist visits Paris, a Parisian exists in Paris, and a transplant first survives and then thrives – under the right conditions. These conditions almost exclusively require an individual to have the characteristic of a very, very, very, very open minded, patient, willing to try new things, and mostly, remain…
Arriving in Paris
Arriving in Paris The culture shock was as immediate as it was shocking. There was no secret to the fact that I had landed in a country far different from my home. I had been to Paris before, but I just don’t remember it being such a cultural tsunami. After being stopped at a security…
I’m not ready for you, Winter.
I may be from Colorado but studying at Rollins sure has made me a wimp when it comes to the weather! About two weeks ago it started getting colder, and when I say colder I’m talking the lower to mid 50s. Let me just say, I haven’t missed this weather. The funny thing is though,…
Changing the Channel
It’s dawn, if 4 am qualifies as such, and the morning of Fall Break is nearly upon us. I am writing from a London bus which is on its way to Heathrow Airport, and the driver turns corners so fast my suitcase keeps slamming into me.Even though, I will (possibly, at some time today) be…
Halfway Point!
The passed two weeks have been fun and busy, just as all the weeks seem to be. Picking up from my previous post, Saturday October 10 my boyfriend came into town. We had planned on staying in an Airbnb place, however upon arrival (and due to previous situations) we decided that it was not going…
Venturing into London’s East End
There are some who proudly proclaim that Chicken Tikka Masala is the UK’s national dish, substantiating this argument by putting particular emphasis on UK now exporting the dish to India. There are, according to the multiple tour guides who have taken me around Brick Lane, more curry houses in London than there are in Mumbai….
The Great Walks and Tramping
New Zealand – home of The Great Walks. It’s no mystery why Peter Jackson choose New Zealand to film the famous series The Lord of the Rings. It’s surreal with mountains on one side and beaches on the other. Volcanic structures everywhere, it can’t not impress you. So if you are into hiking (tramping here),…