Category Stories

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…

Yi Peng lantern festival in Chiang Mai

Recently, I went to Chaing Mai for Loy Krathong, which is celebrated throughout Thailand, and Yi Peng, which is celebrated in Chiang Mai and across north Thailand. On the first day in Chiang Mai, some friends and I did a…

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…

Settling into Life in Santa Cruz

Hola friends and family! It’s hard to believe that another two weeks has already passed by. My time with Casa Gloria is going so quickly, and I want to soak up every experience that I can! Each week brings new…

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…