So the group from the University of Eau Claire thought it would be a great idea to share the American custom of Thanksgiving with all of the Internationals. There was wonderful food and everyone participated. It wasn't like my traditional Thanksgiving where I sleep in a wait for my mother to make everything. Everyone participated by making something traditiional from their home countries. I being an American went a bought a bottle of wine and a premade cake. We are a fast paced culture and that had to be represented right? Here are some wonderful photos. You might be wondering what [View Full Entry]

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There was a controversial experiment performed in the 70's where one person had to ask questions of a subject and give them electric shocks of increasing voltage (enough to kill) if they got them wrong. The point is that it was a trick: the person getting the shocks was faking it. The real subject of the study was the person giving the supposed potentially fatal punishment, to see if they would conform. This came to mind in Auschwitz, one hour from Kracow. The tour guide was excellent, but he really needed a change of job. He was really troubled with how [View Full Entry]

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Okay, so I don't really know the date of this trip, but I do believe it was in November. The date really doesn't matter. This place was in the middle of nowhere. Greg and I had tried to go before but I think it was my fault we were late, so we missed the train. But we decided to go another time and Serena came with us. This was an interesting experience. I didn' t know what to expect or the feeling I would have being in a concentration camp. The train ride wasn't really too long, but long enough you [View Full Entry]

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I don't remember if this was actually on November 5 or not. All I remember is it is after Oct 31. The reason was that some of our group was in Russia. We were going to reserve a bar, but we would have to of paid for it. We were all very cheap and poor so we decided that we would just try to take over the bar. We went to the Orange Bar in Riga and take over it is what we did. Many of our group dressed up and participated in a wonderful/memorable night. Serena and I decided we [View Full Entry]

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Me, Greg, Kelly, Steff, Steffs Mom, Laima. A very fun outting. Climbed a giant hill. All in all, was fantastic. [View Full Entry]

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This was me and Gregs first real outing together. It was a wonderful experience. We went to the castle and realized that the bus was going to leave soon and we were really far from the station. We decided to hitchhike. Many cars passed and it seemed hopeless until a man stopped. He picked us up and started talking to us. We told him our situation and that we wanted to go to the station. He didn't seem to care. He wanted to take us out to eat or just hang out. Finally he understood that we had to go. It [View Full Entry]

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It was a Tuesday morning in my French 201 class and my instructor announced that we had a guest speaker. The speaker was a tall, but plump man from the school of business. He was there to talk to us about studying abroad. He told us all the great things that can come from it. He told us that it can open up doors and put you ahead of the game when it came to job interviews and graduate school. This man with whom I had never met before planted a seed in my head that would grow and forever [View Full Entry]

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Here I am pictured with Roger in the central square of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is a really nice city (but not as nice as neighbouring Tallinn in Estonia)- however it is f**cking cold, even in sumer as you can see from Roger's attire. [View Full Entry]

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I am an Australian now living in Latvia as it is a lovely country and I have Latvian heritage. I am living the dilemma that I love the foreign cultural stimulation but at the same time it is difficult to connect with people on the same wave length. There is a lot I would like to communicate but where do I start? So this will do for now. [View Full Entry]

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Perhaps the greatest disappointment in the trip to the other Baltic states was the amount of time spent in Riga. Our semester took us to Riga 4 times, but we ended up spending more time in one restaurant than in all other parts of the city combined. We didn’t get around to sightseeing until arriving in the city for the 4th time. What I did see was very cool. Looked liked a fun city. One of our Student tour guides (Liga) was from Riga, and wished she could show us more of it. All in all, we only spent 3 hours [View Full Entry]

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