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Shopping in Mexico City

Though my study abroad program in Mexico City wasn’t really built for things like sightseeing, exploring, or shopping, I still managed to sq

Estoy Enferma

Before we left Richmond the study abroad advisor said something to the effect of “about half of you will get sick.” This statement really go

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

¿Hablas Español?

Until visiting Mexico, I had never been to a country where I knew the native language. However, this was never a problem because every count

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Mexico

America comes across as having a uniquely selective memory when it comes to our southern neighbor. People forget that Mexico is in North Ame

¡Condesa!

The colonia I stayed in was Condesa, in the alcadia Cuauhtémoc. I wanted to write about Condesa, even if briefly, because the neighborhood w

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

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 "Best" Way to Help

I went to Athens as part of the “Athena Service-Learning Trip Abroad”. So, this post is more of a personal reflection on what I learned abou