JAPAN | Saturday, 19 Mar 2016 | Views [532]
On Thursday, I decided to celebrate my birthday in some kind of imitation of tradition. One part of the tradition was getting pancakes. (Another part was going to a Japanese restaurant where they cook the food in front of you, which sounds like it should ... Read more >
Tags: money, onsen, pancakes, water
JAPAN | Saturday, 27 Feb 2016 | Views [502]
Last Monday, Yamaguchi-sensei had asked what we’d done over the weekend, and had been disappointed when none of us responded “I went to Osaka Castle!” Apparently the plum blossoms are supposed to be particularly beautiful this time ... Read more >
Tags: beautiful, castle, coffee, park, sakura, trees, water
MOROCCO | Sunday, 6 Jul 2014 | Views [476]
At the beginning of lit class, our professor handed out the sheet that had the questions for our midterm. There were four of them, each of which should be answered in “a small paragraph,” and each of them essentially asked “do ... Read more >
Tags: commercials, food, lion, midterm, school, water
SENEGAL | Tuesday, 24 Jun 2014 | Views [493]
One of the first rules of going to a place like Senegal is to keep an open mind. Senegal is a “least developed country,” and constant wishful reminisces to how things are in the United States or Morocco will just lead to disappointment ... Read more >
Tags: airplane, airport, dakar, water
