After spending five days in southern Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta, I hopped a flight to central Vietnam in order to visit the popular city of Hoi An. Known for its old town splashed with bright yellows and lit up at night by lanterns, this town is a popular tourist spot. It came highly recommended
Before starting my second semester in Hangzhou, China, I started my travels for 2020 in Saigon, Vietnam. I am traveling through Vietnam solo for two weeks, and my journey began in the country’s biggest city, now known at Ho Chi Minh City. I used Ho Chi Minh as a base camp for five days for travels throughout the city and
Oh, Beijing. I visited the capital city of China back in 2012, and looked upon it with the eyes of a 13-year-old that had never traveled outside of the United States. Last week, I returned to Beijing with LIU Global for a week. There, we visited the typical tourist spots, visited international organizations, and listened to lectures from local professors.
This past Friday my classmates and I ventured to Wuzhen, a water town located between Shanghai and Hangzhou. When we arrived in Hangzhou in August, I began researching nearby places we could travel to in our free time, and I read a lot about the gorgeous water towns dotted throughout China. This blog post about nearby Wuzhen and all of
This past week took us one hour by bullet train from our “small” city of Hangzhou to the sprawling metropolis of 24.4 million people that is Shanghai, China. I visited Shanghai back in 2012 at the age of 13 as part of a school group – the trip to China was my very first time out of the country, and
Each year on the 15th day of the 8th lunar calendar, people in China and several other people celebrate what is known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. Origins are believed to date back to China’s Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BCE), and involved giving thanks to the moon and celebrating the harvest. Today’s modern celebration also includes celebrating the moon as the holiday
Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, and now: China! My junior year with LIU Global is taking me almost 8,000 miles away from North Carolina to the lovely Chinese city of Hangzhou! Here’s a quick look at life in Hangzhou and what we have in store for us this semester: Life in Hangzhou Some Basic Info Hangzhou is a city of nine
A Guide to Florence’s Must-See Sights: Museums, Galleries, and Churches Florence, arguably one of the world’s greatest epicenters of art and culture, is a hotspot for millions of tourists every year. Visitors unsurprisingly flock to the capital of Tuscany for delicious Italian cuisine, picturesque streets, and its abundance of famous art. UNESCO reports that 60% of the world’s most important
The Art of Letterpress in Florence, Italy Letterpress – an art form that began with the revolution of the printing of the Bible on the Gutenberg press and that is now an art form being revived and preserved in cities across the globe. I learned the basics of the art of letterpress in Florence during my Spring semester of my
If you’ve been following my Instagram stories this year, then you know that I have eaten a lot of gelato. Like obscene amounts. I have more or less had gelato each and every day that I have been in Italy, and some days found me getting gelato more than once. What can I say? I just can’t say no the