As a part of this course, our professors wanted us to get lost in London and learn about the city’s history, culture, and people. A small group of us did get lost, but probably not in the way Re and Steve anticipated. The night we were to see our first show of the block, The …
Category Archives: Study Abroad
Interpret
Interpret, 6/21/2013 We interpret marble statues interpreting people from the past in long hallways, interpret the twitch of a lip and the murder of an instrument interpreting the words of a dead playwright interpreting people from the past under the evening sunlight, interpret images and jewels and dioramas and sidewalks and it all leads …
Menorcan Excursion #1
On Pottery
I confess to not being a pottery person. What gets my neurons firing are human remains and the stories that these ancient remnants of life can tell about a persons life and environment. Earlier this year in Osteology, where we studied both human and comparative skeletal anatomy and pathologies, I mentally declared myself a bones …
Indiana Jones Wannabe
I would like to set one thing straight immediately: archaeology is nothing like what you have seen in the Indiana Jones movies. Though I would revel in the adventure of outmaneuvering an ancient set of booby traps to rescue a priceless artifact from the inevitable destruct of the temple, I would immediately have several Institutional …
Barcelona
As expected, Barcelona was an experience filled with unplanned adventures, unanticipated detours, and the unwitting commitment of several cultural faux pas. Like the time we thought we climbed Montjuic, but really I think we just climbed a small hill that is potentially specifically cordoned off for old men to play bocce ball. Or the time …
Flying (or not flying) by the seat of our pants
I am a notorious planner, addicted to schedules and reliant on lists. Besides making the unpredictability of next year almost more than my slightly neurotic personality can handle, it makes the adventure that I am currently undertaking entirely uncharacteristic. I’m sitting in the Miami airport, 7 hours into a 5 hour layover, considering exactly what …
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This and That
Hey, sorry it has been a while since my last post. I got into a routine and then nothing felt interesting enough to mandate a whole blog post. Right now I’ve just finished some extensive note-taking for my final tomorrow and I’m super wired on coffee (it is way stronger over here, and I may …
Bellas Artes
I’m sort of embarrassed, but after taking Spanish since the sixth grade I have finally learned how to say “fine arts.” Whenever people asked what my major was, I’ve always said “arte” or “arte del estudio” (a phrase I sort of made up that I hoped translated to “studio art”). Turns out, the proper term …
Tortilla
My host mom, Charo, spends a lot of her day preparing meals for the family. It’s a rare sight to not find a pot of chicken or lentils or sausage slowly stewing away on the stove all morning. We’ve been eating a lot of hearty and warm foods specifically for winter, but also some Spanish …
