belmontlumodev

belmontlumodev

You Win Some and You Lose Some

Hola friends and family! Although I haven’t taken any trips in the past two weeks, I think I’ve had more new experiences than any other two-week period thus far! I am continually amazed at how many opportunities continue to arise…

Almost Christmas!

**I wrote this blog two weekends ago, but the site was down, and I didn’t get a chance to post it afterwards, so just pretend I posted it then;) Happy Thanksgiving!! Egypt doesn’t really celebrate Thanksgiving, obviously, so I honestly…

Adventures and Celebrations

Hola friends and family! I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving! We all have so much to be grateful for, and I hope you were able to reflect on this while feasting on delicious foods and spending…

Welcoming winter in Thailand

More about accompanying client to UNHCR: When the day of the accompaniment arrived, I left early in the morning to account for Bangkok traffic. I brought everything I’d need with me including my accompaniment notebook, Muji pens I picked up…

Egypt is Home :)

Hey Everyone! I am loving Egypt. The atmosphere in Shubra is very welcoming and community based and I am starting to feel like my integration into the community is paying off. I have mastered simple tasks like crossing the road,…

2 Month Mark!

  Hey Blog! Wow I truly can’t believe it has been two months already, time is going by really fast and while I can definitely feel it, it is still shocking to think I have already completed a third of…

Becoming a Cairo Local

Hello again! The past two weeks have been eventful! As usual, I need some sort of structure/list to help break it down, so here we go: Updates about being a Cairo local: For the past two weeks, I’ve been slowly…

Susu na!

It’s been business as usual the past few weeks. On October 31st, I celebrated Halloween by going to Jodd Fairs night market where they had Halloween decorations, food, face paint, and costumes. I was surprised that there were more Halloween…