You don’t know until you go
I have a hunch about why they say you “find yourself” when you travel. I’ve only been studying abroad in Milan for two weeks now, but it feels like two months. Everything accelerates so rapidly and the...
View ArticleYou don’t know until you go: the first unattractive step
We’re 20-somethings with boundless dreams. Stuffed in our heads are all these ideas, stumbling over one another. We’ll talk a big game: “I can’t wait to study abroad, maybe next spring” — I can’t tell...
View ArticleYou don’t know until you go: the X factor
My most surprising discovery from study abroad? My time. Wait, you mean something amazing pops up and I can go? What? I had the time to meet the design director of Ferrari, Paulo Coelho, espresso...
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You don’t know until you go: home is wherever you are
The Christmas tree in Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Italy. Photo by Ryan Hess It’s Christmas time in Italy. The largest tree I have ever seen was placed in Piazza del Duomo by crane; she’s now receiving...
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A queen’s feast: a peek at Charlotte’s Restaurant Week
Every year, I head up to Virginia in late October to go apple picking in Charlottesville followed by Richmond for restaurant week. We’d get a $25 meal at Millie’s five-star diner and swear by the food...
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Bring kindness to campus in International Random Acts of Kindness Week
One of my favorite Kingsfoil songs, “Brave Love,” has a line that goes: “Maybe someday I will get it right, let honesty and kindness be the prize.” That line has stuck with me since the song released a...
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