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Korea Beyond the Bars
For many, coming to Korea as an English teacher is a sweet deal: free rent, a good salary, and cheap booze. For some of us in the cities, our lifestyle can feel like an extended year of university. School gets out and foreign teachers rendezvous at any place with cheap beer on tap
Poland: The Gem of Eastern Europe
I just returned from a three week academic study trip to Poland. I am a graduate student at the Hebrew University, and was lucky enough to earn a fellowship to travel to Poland to study the Holocaust and Polish Jewish relations. However, before, the trip, when people asked me how long I would be in Poland, and I replied three weeks, they were all taken aback.
Flying Solo in New Zealand
I spent last night surrounded by a group of strangers at a bar in downtown Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. I was there to meet Russell, a kiwi who is part of New Zealand’s extensive Couchsurfing network. Russell had offered to host me overnight at his place while I was visiting Wellington, and had suggested we meet up at this bar once I arrived on the ferry from the south island.
Discovering My Whiteness in American Samoa
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only white person in the world. I know this sound more than a bit extreme, but as someone who is used to being a comfortable majority you must forgive me as I adjust to this whole minority concept
Trekking the W in Torres del Paine
To celebrate the end of my study abroad experience in Valparaíso, Chile, my best friend and I decided to head to the end of the world and try our luck in El Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. We allotted a week and a half to get down there, do the trek and have some wiggle room should anything go wrong.
