I remember staring at my suitcase the night before leaving for exchange and thinking: "There is no way my entire semester fits in here." Then I realized half of what…
I was scrolling through cheap volunteer trips at 2 a.m. when it hit me: why are strangers on the internet offering me a chance to "save a village" for less…
I had this strange moment walking back from a late-night study session: my notes were full of supply-and-demand graphs, but my brain was replaying the shawarma stand outside the library.…
I remember sitting at the airport with my giant suitcase, thinking, "Cool, my life is about to change." Then, about two weeks later, I was in a foreign supermarket almost…
I once paid 18 euros for microwave pasta at a "famous" restaurant in Rome. The waiter called me "my friend" five times and I still walked out hungry and annoyed.…
I had this strange moment walking near Jaffa Gate at 8 a.m.: the streets were already filling with tour groups, but every place they entered looked identical. Same menus, same…
I was half asleep on a bus in Prague when I realized I had no clue where I was going, and my data had just died. The driver said something…