Full Ears, Full Heart
Tonight I got to do something that made me both very nostalgic and very in-the-moment happy: I went to the orchestra. A family friend's...
Morocco Day 6: Marrakech
Today was a very guided and structured day. Our first item on the agenda was a guided tour of Marrakech. The first stop was the old...
Morocco Day 5: Oualidia & Marrakech
Today we and the morning free so many of us went to the beach to walk around and take pictures. I collected some nice sea shells that I...
Morocco Day 4: Rabat & Oualidia
Today we had to say goodbye to our homestay family and it was such sweet sorrow. We had to meet early at 7:30 am; our homestay brother...
Morocco Day 3: Rabat
Today we had a full day of lectures, starting with a Q & A session with women from an organization called OPALS that does work...
Morocco Day 2: Rabat
Today we had our first full day of lectures in Morocco, all of which consisted of lectures on the Moroccan health care system. I was...
Morocco Day 1: Casablanca & Rabat
Today was our first whole day in Morocco. The first thing we did was visit the Hassan II mosque, which is one of the biggest mosques in...
Dreams Realized, Dreams Changed
Today I had the privilege of visiting Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, a.k.a. Doctors Without Borders). I have long admired this...
Warm Embraces
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream: I got to visit the home town of a very close family friend called...
Seizing the Day
This weekend, our classes on Friday were cancelled so I had the opportunity to do a little bit extra. On Friday, I wandered around Geneva...