If You Die Without Seeing the Alhambra, Grenada: April 17, 2010
Legend has it that “if you die without seeing the Alhambra, you haven’t lived.” Seeing as I had no idea what the Alhambra was until I arrived in Granada, I definitely hadn’t lived… but my 2 days in the...
View ArticleVolcanic Ash Clouding My Spring Break Bliss: April 20, 2010
Until the past few days, Ive really been living off a high from my spring break adventures. Being back in the UK wasn’t nearly as frustrating as I thought it would be, and I was so busy last week that...
View ArticleCount Eee-Grrrr and One Month Left: April 26, 2010
With only 30 days left until I leave St. Andrew’s and the Kingdom of Fife (yes, I live in a Kingdom inside the Kingdom) forever, it seems as though the gods have smiled upon my frustrations and decided...
View ArticlePolo, Princes, and Parties: May 3, 2010
In surviving what has been, by far, my most exciting and eventful week at St. Andrew’s, I also have acquired some great stories and funny pictures. I feel like a freshman in the amount of partying I’ve...
View ArticleChange is Good, But Only Sometimes: May 10, 2010
Yesterday in Chapel Hill, over 6,000 students excitedly streamed into the UNC football stadium clad in what has always struck me as the most peacefully confident color on earth- Carolina Blue. The...
View ArticleTaking the Long Way Around: May 16, 2010
With only nine days left in Scotland, I find myself in a very funny position- I don’t want to leave, not even a little bit. What a change from the first 100 days of the semester! In the past two weeks,...
View ArticleFarewell St. Andrew’s: May 26, 2010
In about 30 minutes, my life as a St. Andrew’s student officially comes to a close. I don’t have any time at all to write all the things that should be said in reference to my departure, so I will...
View ArticleFrance Dance: June 12, 2010
It always surprises me just how dependent we are on technology, but also on how much time we waste on “social networking.” Over the last eight days, Melanie and I have met countless new friends who we...
View ArticleItalian Surprise: June 15, 2010
On my second day in Italy, I openly declared my obsession with the country and had every intention of setting up a camp on bouldery beach and staying there for a good part of my adult life. Before I...
View ArticleRome Wasn’t Built in A Day: June 20, 2010
Patience is a virtue. It’s a virtue that I don’t claim to have mastered, despite the constant kind attempts of every member of my family to re-train my impatient self. It’s a virtue that I promise...
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