Wednesday was our last day of anything productive as Thursday should consist only of a museum visit and a dinner with some of the UN delegates (despite publishing on Thursday, I’m writing this on Wednesday). While there are certainly some aspects of this chunk of life that I will miss - ie the lake, Old Town, knowing for certain that I’ll have people to eat with, and even the UN cafeteria! - I can honestly say that I feel as though I’ve done everything there is to do here and it is time to move on. Geneva has treated me really [View Full Entry]

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Lesson of the month: Do not make assumptions about your own intelligence with regards to technology... just read the friggin' manual. I had all of these lovely photos of me and my new friends all around Geneva and pretending to be UN diplomats (no shocker here: I was one of the US delegates meaning I got to be an outspoken jerk for 3 hours... and be the center of attention... mwahaha), etc. etc. and instead of properly uploading them, I simply deleted them. This is not cool. However, I did manage to salvage a handful -- these in particular are near [View Full Entry]

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Last weekend, I made a trip up to Baden to visit my host family and to begin my moving process for the year to come. I took an overnight train without a bed reservation... so I got the glorious opportunity to experience an 8+ hour train ride, cuddling with some perfect strangers on awkward "pull-down" seats that turn the compartment into one queen-sized bed for all to share. Despite the sleepless night, however, I had a WONDERFUL time in Baden. Karin and Gerald greeted me at the train tracks and escorted me to their teeny little ladybug car. Somehow all of [View Full Entry]

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Hey There, So, eventually these posts will slow down and I will not be overwhelming anymore inboxes every two days with meticulous updates... but there have been a lot of questions as to what it is, exactly, that I am doing here in Geneva. Basically, it's like this: My school has a short-term study-abroad-like program called a "Dialogue of Civilizations" wherein a class (aka 20 some-odd students) are accompanied by a professor with the intent to use that country (or some element of it) as the classroom. Therefore, my class is IAFU938 - Globalization and Social Science as well as POLU938 [View Full Entry]

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All right, so hopefully everyone's already aware that I am safely in Switzerland. Now, I am sitting in the UN Library with a bit of free time, so some classmates and I are here checking email, blogging and... well... facebooking, of course, for free! Bear with me through this entry as I am still getting used to the keyboard. I'm getting better! But, for example, that would have been-- Iàm getting better++ So zou see what I mean__ hahaha$$ Anyway, the flight over went ALMOST without any hitches. I am apparently simply not having great luck on this leg of the [View Full Entry]

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So, I've arrived in Geneva! And it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I am already having a wonderful time!! Further updates to come. [View Full Entry]

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So, you know what they say about all the best set plans... okay, I don't know what they say about all the best set plans, but I've come to understand that there is some sort of glitch in every single big trip that I plan - and I'm hoping that this was it. Yesterday, I was released from a 3-day, 2-night stay at the hospital... my diagnosis isn't worth posting here, but obviously it wasn't what you'd call a good time. Not to mention, yes, it did mean a delay in my departure for Europe. Go figure. So, I'm back to [View Full Entry]

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Well, here it is - my very last update from the state of Massachusetts and potentially from the USA altogether. Today (Thursday, 6/19), I depart for Washington DC one last time in order to pay a visit to my brother and all of his friends. As I was telling my mom the other day, the planning for this weekend reminds me of one of my birthdays when I was a kid; I think it was my 10th. I had slept in or taken a nap or something that day and when I woke up, my brother was wearing a birthday hat [View Full Entry]

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As July creeps closer and closer, my future plans keep evolving and, dare I say, exploding into something of a dream world that is SOMEHOW coming true. All of those things that people do that you hear about and go, "wow... those people are really doing something with their lives..." are things that I am finding myself stumbling upon as wide-open opportunities. While trying to figure out what the HECK I am going to do with myself between July 25-August ???, I was just trying to figure out some cost-effective options that would keep me busy and active. It dawned on [View Full Entry]

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So, here it is - my first-ever blog posting to kick off this chapter in my life. Right now, I'm sitting at home in my little Boston apartment, windows open on this beautiful spring day, and I'm wiggling around like a 5-year-old who is getting ready to go to Disneyland. Today, therefore, is what I've taken to calling a "Wiggle Day". Other "Days" include "Oh Sh**" days, "Denial" days and then there's the glorious, just-plain "Whoa..." days that correlate with the phases that I go through as all of this madness sinks in. Since moving to Boston, I've developed this habit [View Full Entry]

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