Sometimes you don’t know there are better places for you other than the one you grew up in until you’re thrust into them. I’d never lived anywhere but the suburbs of Detroit, whether it be Birmingham or Troy, MI. These places were comfortable to me. I’d been on vacations, but those places never felt like …
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In the Czech Republic, we have very certain way of celebrating Christmas and it has been a tradition over multiple generations. Basically, most of the not all traditions happen during December 24th. In Czech we call this day “Štědrý Den”, which in the translation means “Generous Day”. Continuing on, Czechs have a tradition or a …
Thanksgiving break! The last deep breath of the semester, before the last two weeks of school and exams. We go home and spend time with family, relaxing and eating higher amounts of food than normal. We’re on the tail-end of Thanksgiving break, but take heart! We have winter break to look forward to. Sometimes break is …
For Thanksgiving break, I invited my friend Mary to come spend the weekend with my family and me in Chicago! We began our journey early on Wednesday morning eating breakfast at the Windmill (thank you, Laura, for taking us!) before catching the 6:54 a.m. train to Chicago and from there, we spent a few hours exploring …
Happy Monday, Readers, I hope your Monday is off to the best start! If not, just know that there are only three days until Thanksgiving. You’ll get through! Speaking of Thanksgiving, lets talk about this awesome holiday! Questions to be thinking about while reading this post: How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? What are some traditions …
You can feel it in your bones – the need to get out, to put down your pencil, to print out the final draft of your ten-page research paper, close your computer, and breathe. I feel it, too. The itch, the annoyance, the anxiousness that hits us every time we’re about to go on break. …
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This weekend, I had the opportunity to journey back to Wexford, Pennsylvania. For the first time in three months, I was going home. Prior to this trip, I would not have even called myself homesick. It’s not that I wanted to leave Hope, or felt lost in Holland, Michigan; I just needed home, and all …
Hey y’all! Welcome back from break and happy (almost) weekend! Golly, I feel like I could still use an additional week off… For some reason, I have yet to catch up on sleep. I’m one of those people that seems to be most productive during the wee hours of the night. I am always amazed …
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This Fall Break I had the privilege of introducing my best friend, Ashley, to my hometown: Pittsburgh. On Friday after class we set off and left campus behind us for a few days of fun times with my family. We arrived at my house in Wexford (a suburb just north of Pittsburgh) around 9:45 p.m. …
Fall Break – the first return home of the year for most students, smacked right in the beginning of the pumpkin-spiced season we all call fall. What does one do on this Fall Break? Here are a few must’s. Go apple/pumpkin picking. This is clearly at the top of everyone’s to-do lists over break. Who …
