I’ve just finished my second week of uni and here’s what’s been going on! Yesterday, I decided to take a walk around town again, since the weather was so beautiful. I’m actually not sure what’s been up with the weather because every day this week it has been sunny and it has only been raining…
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On Saturday, Nikki and I slept in a little, but then cleaned up the flat and went grocery shopping. I also went by myself to the Royal Mile to pick up a French and Spanish newspaper. Later that afternoon I went to another Language Cafe put on by Tandem. There wasn’t really anyone there when…
On September 18, 2014 Scotland held a referendum, where the people voted on whether or not Scotland would separate from the rest of the United Kingdom. I can’t think of any other moment in history where a country has willingly and in a civilized manner let one part of the country vote to separate itself,…
Fresher’s Week is a concept that has no American equivalent, so it was very interesting to be dumped into an 8-day festival/party/friend-making session with no expectation of how it was going to go. It started on Saturday the 6th of September with my moving into my flat! I was really excited to finally unpack my…
One thing I would highly recommend doing in San Jose is going to La Sabana Park near the center of the city. It is this huge green space that was made where the old airport used to be. I thought it was fantastic that the government decided to give the land back to the public…
In June, I went with my friends’ youth group to Costa Rica for a mission trip. I had only left the country once before. I went to Costa Rica for a week when I was 9 with my elementary school, because it was a Spanish Immersion School. This time we stayed for 10 days at…