It’s a chilly morning where my breath guides me before the dawn of the day. In the distance I can see luminous mountains with the twinkling lights of ski slopes, and the darkness clings to the sky while the light slowly fights it off. I’m not one for mornings, but the excitement and cold had(…)
Istanbul is a city caught between worlds, split between two continents; a city where young girls in jeans walk hand-in-hand with girls in burkas. It’s a culture full of color and textile. Thousands of years of architecture line each street. The city is pulsing, never silent, yet the Bosphorus is calm and inviting. Spices and(…)
One of the most stressful experiences of my life was hearing that the study abroad program I had signed up for as a sophomore in college had been cancelled. Botswana, where I had planned on going, closed its international program. With nowhere else to go, Ghana moved up the leaderboard and into my life, just(…)
The boat flies across the azure water, and above me, green mountains rise. The sun skips across the water like stones thrown by an unseen hand. Behind me, the driver’s practiced touch guides the little speedboat towards our destination. He doesn’t chat, seeming to believe that the Pacific Ocean surrounding us speaks for itself. I(…)
