Month: February 2019

Travel the World or Thai Trying

In China, Spring Festival refers to the vacation occurring during and after the lunar New Year. This year we got two weeks off school for it, and I spent the first week traveling through Thailand with my friend Meagan, who is studying in Hong Kong this semester. To summarize, it was a wild ride. Below is my actual itinerary, which bears little resemblance to the … Continue reading Travel the World or Thai Trying

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(Shang)Highlights from the First Month

For my Intercultural Competencies class, one of the longest assignments we had to complete was a 20-item scavenger hunt through Shanghai. The items ranged from buying a metro card to eating Shanghainese dumplings (fried instead of steamed like typical dumplings) to going to a water town. We also went on several cultural field trips and company visits, which were amazing alternatives to class lectures. I’ll … Continue reading (Shang)Highlights from the First Month

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