Monthly Archives: May 2010

A trip to the Clouds

I would like to apologize for the serious lack of blog for the past month… the end of the trip was absolute madness, and then suddenly the semester was over! Excuses aside, I cannot believe that I have successfully completed … Continue reading

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Only A Matter of Hours

Greetings – for the last time – from Edinburgh! My bags are all packed, and I’ve said goodbye to all 9 of my best friends from the semester. Yes, this all means that I will be leaving Edinburgh tomorrow morning. … Continue reading

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Wrapping Things Up

Hi, everyone! I’m sorry that I have been so absent the past month, but I promise that my life has not been TOO interesting since I got back from my European spring break. You may remember that I had two … Continue reading

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Got Apricots?

Part II of my trip to Morocco and Portugal Marrakech, Morocco The difference between the central plaza of the medina during the day and during the night is like the difference between, well, day and night.  With each of the … Continue reading

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Teaching English: Part Two

No, in the end, all the matters is that we are all just trying to communicate, with whatever tools we have available. And some time or another, the message will get across. Or maybe it won’t. But even if it doesn’t, something else will. And that is something. That is teaching English in Morocco.

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Labor Day!

Today is Labor Day! ta-dah! and what is happening on Labor Day? Throughout all of the major cities of Morocco, labor protests! which have closed off most of the main streets of said cities. It is really rather fun, especially receiving half a dozen warnings from various government agencies telling us Americans abroad to *please* stay out of it, for gods sake.

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To the North!

For this blog, I’m going the photo journal route… we’ve been in the north of Vietnam for almost a month now, and have seen an incredible amount of scenery and all of its history. Here are some of my favorite … Continue reading

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