Three weeks initially seemed like a long time to be in DC. 聽The first week we were learning how to navigate the city, open ourselves to a history of African Americans that most of us had never heard before, and realize that there are many perspectives about economic development, affordable housing, homelessness, mass incarceration, education....
Mont Royal and more
Washington, DC Haiku
Week 1 Washington DC Cultural society There are poor and rich. Those who are oppressed Working to make a living Sometimes get the boot. Things that happen here Are sure to make history For good and for bad. – Aaron Cook, Mirella Rodriquez, Kylie Crawford, Stephanie Stoner,聽Brittany McCullock Colorful flowers....
Lithuania 2016
Lithuania 2016 summer cross-cultural seminar has begun posting a few photographs from their explorations in and around Klaipeda. Pictured above is a group of the students on their first trip out to the beach on the Baltic Sea.
Myanmar 2016
Bet Sahour and Bethlehem
Delayed post from 23 February 2016 As we walk through silent, little Bethlehem, I can still hear the three wise men roaming through these narrow streets with their donkeys’ rhythmical clack of hooves fading into the flagrant symphony of commerce and daily affairs that takes place in Palestinian suqs (markets). If anything elevates Bet Sahour....
Free Travel in Guatemala and Belize
Monterrico For free travel, the 7 of us, Sarah, Janae, Jess, Stephanie, Josh, Joel, and Josiah went to Monterrico, Guatemala. We took chicken busses, the metro, a lancha (a boat), and a van to get there. We stayed in a resort called Villa Los Cabos, a 20-minute drive from town. While we were there, our....
JUC and Biblical Geography
7 March 2016 Last week, we arrived at Jerusalem University College (JUC) after spending a few days at the Jewish Efrat settlement in the West Bank, marking the transition from contemporary politics to ancient biblical geography. For me, this change has been a welcome one, especially after the intensity of Efrat. For once, it鈥檚 nice....
Study Break: Tikal
29 February 2016 Thursday night we all stayed at CASAS because we were to leave early Friday morning at 4:45 a.m. for our 6:30 flight to Pet茅n. Half of the group played the card game 鈥淪cum鈥� in the airport. It was a lot of commotion at that hour, in such a small airport, but was....
Wadi Rum and family stays in Palestine
Wadi Rum, Jordan On Thursday, January 24 we arrived at Wadi Rum, Jordan after staying in Aqaba, Jordan for one night. What we had planned in Wadi Rum was a two night Jordanian Bedouin camp stay which included a three hour camel ride into the Wadi Rum desert. Once we arrived at the Bedouin camp....