Dreaming of a time without papers, presentations, and exams; away from Brisbane and any thoughts of classes or my senior thesis… I give you… A baby Lorikeet. While this isn’t the clearest picture, he looks exactly like this: Thinking forward to our time at Lamington Plateau, where according to my calendar we will be participating […]
Five Lamps Arts Festival, Dublin
Let the festivities begin! (Of the Five Lamps Arts Festival that is, an inner-city Dublin organization that I have been lucky enough to work with for the past 8 weeks) After months of preparation, thousands of emails, dozens of interactions with artists, countless cups of tea, and the dedication of one unwavering woman at the […]
9 March — Sick but sound
Yesterday we returned from a weekend in Viñales — a farm town to the west of Havana and a tourist trap. I became ill yesterday afternoon and have been sick all of today. It is evening now and I am beginning to regain some strength. Due to my sickness, there isn’t much information to recount […]
28 Feb — A beach excursion
Already more than a full week in, Cuba still feels unreal. While the first week of classes have begun to bring me out of my non-academically oriented funk, our lives in Cuba so far feel more dream like than ever. Furthermore, many of my original conceptions of what Cuba would be like have turned out […]
It’s a Small World After All, Isn’t It?
I’ve been in Ireland for 61 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes, and 36 seconds. In that time I’ve become familiar with the streets of Dublin, hiked the cliffs of Howth, taken a ferry ride to Inis Mór, walked the rocky beaches of Galway, explored the strange and fascinating landscape of The Burren, and climbed […]