“Bless you” As A Way To Start - When I first heard people say “bless you” after one sneezed, I experienced “culture shock," but just a little, and it was… … Continue reading “Bless you” As A Way To Start 
Más Vale Tarde que Nunca - The first day of classes at a new school is always a little nerve-wracking and definitely awkward. I’ve found that despite the… … Continue reading Más Vale Tarde que Nunca 
Capetown – My Walden - Even though I knew the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are the opposite of those in the Northern Hemisphere, I still expected… … Continue reading Capetown – My Walden 
Rancho Valmora - A carved iron sign hangs along the dry desert road. Rancho Valmora it reads. Evening sun filters through the carved letters every… … Continue reading Rancho Valmora 
A Japanese Welcome in Northern India - My fellow “Tibetan Studies in India” program participants and I had been exploring the Northern Indian town of Sarnath for the first… … Continue reading A Japanese Welcome in Northern India 
Raw Almonds - I had been in my host mother’s apartment for less than a week. We were getting along well, and I was careful… … Continue reading Raw Almonds 
The Bad Handshake: My Experience with Cultural Passing - The first time I talked to my college advisor, I wasn’t nervous. At least, not at first. “Hey there!” she beamed, extending… … Continue reading The Bad Handshake: My Experience with Cultural Passing 
Learning the Word for Hurricane – Claire McCoy ‘20 - There was a funeral in the village on that grey Saturday, when the humidity had finally broken into rain and the cyclone… … Continue reading Learning the Word for Hurricane – Claire McCoy ‘20 
“No Address, No Good!” - I will never forget my very first day in the town I would come to fall in love with. Geneva is a… … Continue reading “No Address, No Good!” 
These People Eat Together - like really together the wine from their glasses all of the same jar binding each person as if by blood – and… … Continue reading These People Eat Together 
First Impressions by Eva Amann-Brockhaus, Am.S.Dipl. ’69 - It was one of those coincidences which in retrospect prove decisive: During a visit to the United States in the summer of… … Continue reading First Impressions by Eva Amann-Brockhaus, Am.S.Dipl. ’69