Channeling Celiz Cruz here, I want to write a post about the “Karnival der Kulturen” that took place here in Berlin last weekend. Or, to be more specific, the one that took place down the street from my house. Therefore I really had no excuse not to go (as if anyone needs an excuse to go to a carnival). In hindsight, I’m glad I went: despite the immense crowds and lack of any real space to move, it was an awesome experience.

I graduated from the CJS program a few days ago. After all the hard work, my school year abroad is finally over. It was a day that was pretty bittersweet, especially since it was the last day that I spent with a lot of the people I came to really cherish over the past 9 months.

Here are a few points that I think are pretty important for making the most out of the time you spend abroad.

5:03pm - May 21^st, 2015

The buses are getting hotter along with the weather.  Every ride I take smells of sweat and collective misery, but the open air is full of green and light and blue and white, so I’ll suffer selectively this season.

This past weekend, the long awaited trip to the northern part of Argentina was finally here- to the mountain and history filled lands of Salta and Jujuy.

Hi, all! My name is Connie Woo and I am a rising senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I am majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with minors in Chemistry and Business in hopes of becoming a dentist one day. No words can express how excited I am to be studying and living in one of the greatest cities in the world for the next six weeks!