Today I passed some tourists and chuckled to myself. With their backpacks, guidebooks, and cameras I felt like a local compared to them. It’s when I open my mouth to try to buy something at the market that the real locals chuckle. I did end up walking away with what I wanted (cheese, chicken, prunes, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘abroad’
19 Oct
Bible Times
On Saturday I was able to visit one of the deciding factors for studying abroad in Greece. I, Samantha, walked on the road that Paul traveled on time and time again as he helped spread the gospel and encouraged churches. My friend Paige and I took the bus about three hours from Thessaloniki to the [...]
5 Oct
Never Imagined I Would be Here
This past weekend I took my adventures to new heights, literally. Saturday morning started off a little rainy and quite foggy. I had no idea what to expect as we got off the bus and grabbed our backpacks. Much to my amusement, the bathrooms were just like the ones in China. For some reason I [...]
23 Sep
Back to School
Yesterday, I finally had classes and sat through an entire school day. Let me tell you, it was long. My first class starts at 11 a.m. and then my last class ends at 6:30 with only a break for lunch. By the time the bus comes around and takes us to our apartments it’s almost [...]
13 Sep
Airport Adventures
Text: Riding over to the Des Moines airport on Friday I felt fairly accomplished. Somehow I had managed to pack everything the night before and fit it all into one suitcase and one carry-on. The only problem was, when I got to the airport a startling realization hit – “everything” weighed 84 pounds. What I [...]
17 Aug
Official Uncertainties
As school starts kicking into gear next week and many of my friends walk off to class I will not be joining them. It is such an odd notion, but I have exactly four more weeks of summer. Just last week I was in Chicago for a smashing 30 minutes to acquire my Greek visa. [...]
18 Jun
Mixture of Ramblings
Sorry to leave the blog in a bit of a hurry without any follow-up. I’ve been back now for two weeks and wanted to allow for some time to get over the serious jet lag before I could truly reflect on the trip I just took. I never planned on going to China in my [...]
2 May
Hello world!
This was the title of the pre-programmed blog in place with this new blog of mine, and I found it quite fitting. If you haven’t heard, I’ll be in China in a week and then Greece in four months. It feels like it’s my debut to the world and vice versa. If you’ve never heard [...]
