#Anxious | Black Girls Abroad

Safety in Mexico City

Let’s be real, Mexico is not portrayed as a safe place to Americans. Many of the portrayals are sensationalized and cherrypicked, often colo

Come On, Vámonos

It’s no surprise that a city as big as Mexico City had a lot of options when it came to traversing it. So how about I just jump right into i

Hola, Ciudad de México

Mexico City: The largest city in Mexico, resting at a casual 7,350 ft (2,240 m) above sea level. It’s roughly 700 years old and the most pop

'Til Next Time, Istanbul

Now, that all that is laid out, let me conclude with this: Istanbul was colorful, dynamic, surprising, engaging, and fun. Yeah, I definitely

Break Adventures

There are literally hundreds of things to do in Istanbul, and sometimes I wound up pushing myself too hard. I eventually realized that I nee

Goodbye Greece

Here we are, the last post in my collection about my experience in Athens. This post will be rather brief. Think of it as a way to tie a nea

The Atmosphere of Athens

Athens is a very old city and home to millions of people, which made it quite different than Richmond and Doha. Things like demographics, sa

Boldly Go (The Finale to My Qatar Adventure)

My final reflections on my VCU Study Abroad experience in Qatar. The last post in my Qatar collection.

Not in Kansas Anymore

My experience with culture shock in Qatar was unexpected and felt far from the type of “culture shock” that had been described to me, to the

"No Araba"

The official language of Qatar is Arabic, but here’s the thing: 90% of the country is expatriate and most of these expats come from South &a