I still wake up every morning and think to myself, “I can’t believe I’m in Africa.” The view from my bedroom window could easily be mistaken for Florida with its towering palm trees and hibiscus flowers. But step outside the gate of our historic house… More
I am writing my first blog post from an airplane flying somewhere over the middle of the United States. I'm on my way back to the land of sunshine and palm trees, my first home, after a much needed trip back to Glenside, my other home. I originally went… More
In big, bold, black letters on the Arcadia website, the headline to entice the reader to consider the program at University of the Western Cape (UWC) reads “Study where student activism made powerful democratic change.” As a Georgetown University student… More
Believe it or not, I am the third member of my family to study abroad in South Africa. It’s probably a pretty cool place to travel, right? I figure, both my brother and sister can’t be lying when they say this country changed their lives. So, I figured… More
For starters, I have never left the country. Neither has anyone in my family, unless they have served in the United States armed forces. In my eyes, the world outside of the United States consists of CNN reports, foreign films, pictures from Google, and… More