travel
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Stepping out of the airport
On a recent trip to Mexico City, I had the experience of stepping outside of the airport and trying to find a taxi. I was having issues getting my phone to connect to the local cell network, so Uber was not an option (gasp!). This was in no way a real challenging situation. I was Continue reading
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Re-awakening an old muscle
The height of my Spanish proficiency occurred when I was 20 years old. It was the Fall of my Junior year of college. I had just come back from spending the summer in a language emersion program in Barcelona. That fall I enrolled in a Spanish literature course. I had finally graduated from the formal Continue reading
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Be interesting
When I was 19 years old, I saw a random flyer on campus advertising an upcoming talk. It was out of the ordinary and caught my eye. I was at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service (SFS), so most talks and events revolved around policy wonks, economists, and the occasional head of state. There was Continue reading
