3 Parts Tea & 16 Parts Heart – Benny Prasad
I remember at the beginning of the year being told by our directors that students liked Convocation abroad better than back in Malibu. To be honest, I didn't believe it...until yesterday morning's Convo. We were told a special guest was coming to speak to us. Little did we know how special this guest was. Benny Prasad holds the record for traveling to every country in[...]
An Educational Field Trip…to the South of France! Part 2
And now for part two of our week in in the South of France! Get ready for some beautiful beaches, sunshine, & learning...it is a field trip after all! Wednesday morning didn’t start out with a bus, which was nice for my sake as every time we take a bus, I fall asleep & miss all the sights. Apparently no amount of coffee can break[...]
Halloween…en Suisse!
It's a little known fact that Swiss people are not the most open or friendly people. Actually, it's a well known fact: the Swiss like their privacy & keep to themselves, but it is commonly mistaken for coldness. So, when we started to think about Halloween, particularly the part about knocking on people's doors & asking for candy, we wondered if they even celebrated Halloween[...]
An Educational Field Trip…to the South of France! Part 1
Although I am abroad in Lausanne, I am still a student & have to do everything a regular student would do: write papers, do homework, & study for midterms...gross. This whole past week I have been studying for my two midterms & writing three different papers. I am writing this wondering how I made it to this point. I remember telling myself earlier this week[...]
Just Touched Down in London Town!
A few weeks ago, some of my fellow Lausanners found a really cheap flight to London with Easy Jet for this past weekend. It was such a good deal that we couldn’t pass it up! We left on Thursday night to catch the train to the Geneva airport & board the late flight. Caroline & I had booked a hotel in Aldgate East, right in[...]