K Mae

Hello from another amazing country in the world: Canada!! Just about 5 short weeks after returning from a year in Australia, I'm back to being an international traveler!! So here I am in British Columbia, Canada!! The weather has been unseasonably hot (in the 90s), which makes it hard to do any intense hiking or outdoor activity! The flight from Chicago was only about 4 hours and I arrived in Vancouver around 10am on Monday. My mom and I spent the day walking around farmers markets, parks, and laying on the beach in the hot, hot sun. We ate at a restaurant called Crave and had a delicious glass of white wine and a poutine, which apparently is a Canadian favorite. The poutine was french fries cooked in truffle oil, sprinkled with fresh parmesean cheese, then ... read more

For the past 2 or 3 weeks my life has consisted of working on and presenting 2 presentations, and researching and writing a 17 page essay on Nixon's foreign policy towards Chile in the 1970s. Therefore, my life has been boring and I haven't updated about my days/nights at the library and on the computer. Last week I did go out one night with my friends from school for Matt's birthday. He's my old neighbor from last semester (guy from Canada), and it was really fun. I am going to a BBQ at their place tomorrow night, should be a good time. Otherwise, on Sunday I will return to having no life! In the next 3 weeks I have 2 really important essays due: a 12 page & a 10 page. And right after that I ... read more

Ahhh, Melbourne!!! First off, let me say it was freezing!!! Obviously I have been acclimatized because it was probably 60 degrees during the day and 40s at night... but I was dying!! And I definitely did not bring enough warm clothes, so I wore the same sweater basically every day, hahaha. Overall, it was a really nice, fun, relaxing trip and I didn't spend much money, thank God. So my trip started at 9am on a Wednesday morning (April 15th) and began with a 13 hours greyhound bus ride! It was the cheapest way so I figured what the heck, why not!? So, as I'm waiting for the bus, I see all these hot, European men with guitars and I was like "OMGGG, I'm finally gonna get lucky on public transportation and sit next to someone ... read more

So far, minus a few days of rain, Autumn weather in Sydney has been absolutely perfect!! Mostly sunny and around 70 degrees truly makes for a perfect day to walk around the city and be outside. It's also nice that the humidity has dropped so I don't look like a sweaty monster by the time I get to class or work, haha. My weekend flew by, as usual. Friday night was my friend Kristian's (guy I met in Cairns in September... look back at my older entries) last night in Sydney, so I went to have a drink with him in Kings Cross and had a great time. I got to meet some German girls that he had been hanging out with during his time in Sydney, and they were so fun! It was a really ... read more

OH MY GOSH. Today I was walking around The Rocks (after eating a huge pancake breakfast at Pancakes on the Rocks) and I saw the greatest thing I have ever seen in the past 280-some days: a stand in the weekend markets selling.... dun dun dun.... CORN ON THE COB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, you don't even know how excited I was. And even though I was incredibly full of pancakes and bacon, I had to have one. So I did. It was dripping with butter and was covered in salt and pepper. Simply delicious. And the guy selling it had a 'corn fed' shirt on, so I felt right at home. And as I turned around I saw a fresh-squeezed lemonade stand (which is crazy, because lemonade here is like sprite).... and, although I didn't have any of ... read more