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An Evolving Purpose

I tend to problematize everything. In non-academic terms this means I tend to critique ideas or concepts and look for new ways of understanding them. Or going even further and figuring out what overarching systems or methods have pushed us to believe them in the first place. Thus, as you would expect, I have problematized my decision to come to Nantes a multitude of times these past three months. This is because Nantes was not the type of place I had imagined myself studying abroad in.

Finding Your Niche

Throughout my travels in Ecuador, including: the Galapagos Islands, small mountain towns, living in Quito, and my latest trip to the Amazon I have taken the time to reflect on the type of environment where I feel the happiest and the most at home. I am a strong believer that you have the power to find the good in any situation or living environment, but I have also come to realize that every individual has their own niche, and when put in certain situations or environments people have the opportunity to thrive.

Edinburgh

So this is the first of two or three blogs related to our half-term break trip to Scotland. Scotland might now be my new favourite place in the UK. It's windy and chill and overcast but then again so is London, and Scotland doesn't feel quite as modern. Friday morning we took the train up to Edinburgh and that alone was a trip filled with beautiful sights and landscapes - rolling hills, forests, small towns, larger towns, cliffs overlooking the oceans and Berwick-Upon-Tweed which I've made a mental note to go back to.

Me, a Piano, and Ernest Hemingway

After a long week of midterm papers interspersed with St. Patrick's Day in Dublin (which was absolutely nuts), I have finally had time to sit back and reflect on my final trip of reading week: Paris. After the whirlwind three city excursion of Prague, Budapest, and Vienna, I was starting to get a little weary by my early Friday morning departure from Dublin to Paris.

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