Before I left to study abroad in the Czech Republic, my neighbor told me I would come back a different person– he was right. After twelve weeks in Prague, I am finally state-side and have a completely new opinion of myself, and outlook on life. After being able to navigate a Czech-speaking country without relying on Google…

For our final European finale, my roommate and I utilized our last free weekend studying abroad in Prague to visit Vienna, (which I too recently learned was not the same place as Venice). Our trip started out by nearly missing our bus, which has been a pretty common occurrence this past summer. Once we made it…

While my life experiences are dramatically increasing, the number in my bank account has been doing the opposite. So, I decided to pick up a new hobby to revive my sad PNC Student account. Since coming to Prague, I have actively started to freelance write in my spare time. It started with simple projects found…

In 2007, I had an Au Pair from Germany named Elena. For those of you who don’t know what an Au Pair is, here’s a definition: Au Pair– a young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with childcare in exchange for food, a room, English lessons, and some pocket money My mom had five…

  Karpathos, a poem. I asked their mother what she liked more, this island or New Jersey. She said, “here, we live with less but have more.” I know what she means. In Karpathos, you can’t drink the tap water or escape the humidity and the Greeks don’t know how to stay in their lane…

When I was a little kid, it was common for my dad to come home from a full day of work and immediately collectively banish me and all 4 of my little sisters to time out. As kids, we didn’t get it. Our sassy response to him yelling at us was always, “if you don’t…