When booking a flight from Charlotte to Vilnius, Lithuania to begin a trip around the Baltics, I found a flight itinerary with a 9 hour layover in Copenhagen. I quickly jumped at the opportunity to see an extra cool, new city on my way back to Europe. In this post, I’ll share my experience, tips, and generally how to get
Living with the land. Or at least that’s how my mom described my semester. I started out the semester driving across the United States from North Carolina to California with my classmate Lilli (read about our trip here), before staying in the Bay Area for a month. After our time in the Bay waiting out the smoke and fires, we
Each fall, LIU Global seniors spread out across the globe, from Indonesia to Argentina, to work as interns with international organizations and conduct research on a myriad of issues. This year, those plans went out the window with the coronavirus pandemic. So, instead of flying to Bosnia and Bali, my classmate Lilli and I drove across the country from North
Now that I am back at home in North Carolina in self-isolation for 14 days, I have plenty of time to reflect on the fragment of my Spring semester I was able to have in the midst of the rise of the Covid-19 virus. Here is my coronavirus story that stretches from January to March, and takes place across Vietnam,
Just about a week after landing in Australia and settling into Byron Bay, three of my classmates and I booked our flights to Sydney. There was no way that we were going to spend a semester in Australia without visiting the iconic city. Here is a break down of the absolutely lovely weekend that I spent there along with some
Just two weeks into our semester in Australia, we traveled as a group to the trendy, southern city of Melbourne. We spent four days there visiting museums, meeting with local organizations and activists, and wandering around the city’s art-lined lanes and eating delicious food in our free time. Here are some of the highlights of our time in the city:
In the midst of all the uncertainty about the coronavirus and the future of our semester, we had the opportunity to celebrate the Lunar New Year with local Taiwanese families in Yilan County, Taiwan. We spent three days staying with our host families and participating in and learning about all of their traditions. It was truly a highlight of my
If things went as planned, this would be a preview of my semester in Hangzhou, China. But, crazy things happen and plans have to change. In this case, the crazy thing that is happening is the coronavirus, the pandemic causing a lot of global panic and causing China to essentially be put on lockdown. About a week into my semester,
Hanoi was my last stop on my two week trip through Vietnam, and although I didn’t spend a lot of time there, I enjoyed exploring the busy and quirky capital city. Here’s the low-down on my two days in Hanoi. The Basics Getting There Hanoi can be reached by bus, plane, and train from all over Vietnam, but because my
Ninh Binh, an utter natural wonder, was without a doubt my favorite stop in Vietnam. I spent three glorious days in this area of the country relaxing in some of the most stunning surroundings I could ever dream up. Vietnam’s Halong Bay usually steals the show when it comes to a major nature-based tourist destination, but Ninh Binh was an