Now that I am back at home in North Carolina in self-isolation for 14 days, I have plenty of time to reflect on the fragment of my Spring semester I was able to have in the midst of the rise of the Covid-19 virus. Here is my coronavirus story that stretches from January to March, and takes place across Vietnam,
Just about a week after landing in Australia and settling into Byron Bay, three of my classmates and I booked our flights to Sydney. There was no way that we were going to spend a semester in Australia without visiting the iconic city. Here is a break down of the absolutely lovely weekend that I spent there along with some
Just two weeks into our semester in Australia, we traveled as a group to the trendy, southern city of Melbourne. We spent four days there visiting museums, meeting with local organizations and activists, and wandering around the city’s art-lined lanes and eating delicious food in our free time. Here are some of the highlights of our time in the city:
If things went as planned, this would be a preview of my semester in Hangzhou, China. But, crazy things happen and plans have to change. In this case, the crazy thing that is happening is the coronavirus, the pandemic causing a lot of global panic and causing China to essentially be put on lockdown. About a week into my semester,
An In-Depth Look at For years, I imagined myself at a prestigious college, pursuing an International Relations major in large lecture halls by day and studying in my adorably decorated dorm room by night. Little did I know that instead of a large university, I would be pursuing a Global Studies degree in a dozen different cities with a