http://the195.com/northwestern 195 countries. A world of stories. Northwestern students abroad. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:39:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After an amazing weekend in Dingle, a little seaside town on the west coast of Ireland, six friends and I climbed exhausted onto Bus Éireann Route #275. I had planned to spend the first leg of our two-part journey home to Cork studying for my archaeology exam, but I should ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/07/perspective/ I feel as though I am caught between two worlds, living a life that is neither fully French nor fully American. At home, its French, French, French all the time, and I adore it. Janine (my host mom) and I have endless conversations over morning cafés and croissants and evening ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/07/two-identities/ I caught a bad case of world cup fever this summer that had me watching live FIFA updates on my desk at work and left me scrambling from my cubicle each day I got off from work to head to the local bar and catch the last few minutes of ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/07/clash-of-the-titans/ On a free day before orientation began, my friends and I piled into cabs headed for Giza, home of the only remaining of the wonders of the ancient world. Hiking up to the base of the Great Pyramid, our first stop was a ledge that seemed to serve as a ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/07/hidden-treasures-of-giza/ The German fest: it’s a cultural institution, a centuries-old celebration of friends, family, and excellent food and drink.  It’s also a big party.  You see, the Germans, quite simply, have it all figured out.  Towns of all sizes, no matter how large or small, host amazing festivals during summer weekends.  ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/07/germany-come-hungry-leave-happy-and-probably-drunk-too/ I generally don’t understand everything that Abuela (Grandma) or anyone else in this country says (mostly just Abuela, or when two people are yelling at each other), but to not catch 100% of the conversation at the round lunch table that flew by at hundreds of words per minute the ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/06/entertaining-lunchtime-gab-mascotas/ Walking into the Marjam mall in Rabat is like taking a large step back into the U.S. You might think that this would be exciting, maybe even comforting, for a group of American students who just left the luxuries that America has to offer for three months in a developing ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/06/america-exporting-our-vices/ A few weeks ago, a friend asked me if I was excited to be studying abroad. This is what I told him: “You know that feeling of horror you had when you were a kid and realized that the awesome slide at the water park was actually terrifying? You were at ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/06/preparing-to-take-the-plunge/ El facultad ha sido tomado. “The building has been taken over.” Emblazoned on a gargantuan sheet of construction paper, those words greeted all visitors to the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) campus on Ramos Mejia street. Words you would expect to see in a war zone, not at a university. Inside, students ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/06/the-day-classes-were-held-in-the-hallways/ A few years back, there was this really sweet rap song about Minnesota. It was called "Say Shh," and it was by Atmosphere, an inspiration to white people and Minnesotans everywhere. In "Say Shh," the rapper Slug rhymed that Minnesota was dope --  "if only simply for not what we ... http://the195.com/northwestern/2010/09/06/the-world-without/