For weeks up till today, practically the only words I understood on the street that were not spoken in French were, Abdoulaye Wade. Whether people are for him or against him (but mostly against him), this election has been quite the talk of the town since I stepped off of the plane.
The last major snowstorm in Rome was 26 years ago. Having knowledge of this information many of us were excited to have a mild winter while abroad. We were wrong. For the first time in 26 years Rome had not one but two major snowstorms. Going to school in North Carolina I am accustomed to entire cities shutting down for at least a day in the event of minuscule amounts of snow.
Many things in Rome are ancient; the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and the appliances. In America we are used to having things quick and easy because of such inventions as the microwave, electric stove, and the dishwasher. These everyday accommodations become luxuries when you live in the student provided apartments in Rome. It’s literally like taking a step back in time. There’s no dishwasher, electric stove, or microwave. I know what you’re thinking; how on Earth do they survive?
On the hectic streets of Dakar, young talibes
spend their afternoons not in school but wandering the streets begging for a
hand out. Talibes are students of Islam who live with religious teachers to
obtain a religious education in exchange for labor, as it says in the Qur'an.
It is known to represent a rite of passage into adulthood, however many
If it were less porous, I’m sure madrileños would build
their homes out of bread. They are obsessed with bread in any form: light and
crusty loaves, dense and cross-hatched ones, cubed in soups, ground into
crumbs, sliced and de-crusted, and stuffed with sweets.