Hello! I’m assuming that most of the readers on this blog are people currently going through the NSLI-Y application process. Looking back on my persona journey with the application, I remember scouring the web for any blog I could find. I was desperate to read about the experiences that NSLI-Y participants were having. I think…
bye-bye, Morocco
Welp, I think that this is a goodbye post! I’m back home now and it feels amazing. Leaving Morocco was so hard but I know that I will be back someday. I’m just incredibly grateful for the opportunity because I never thought I would experience something like this at 18. I’m going to stop writing…
May in Pictures
Hello from the good ole USA! This month was a whirlwind of goodbyes and endings, of tears and sadness, but also of hellos and new beginnings. Enjoy my final month in pictures post (until I resurrect this blog during future college study-abroad!).
Morocco Has My Heart
I’m sitting in my desk right now, watching the light slowly fade from the sky. Yet another day has ended and I feel like I am stuck in a bizarre, surreal state of mind. I have never felt this many mixed emotions at one time. I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that this…
My Walk to School
I walk about 6 miles a day and honestly, I love it! I never walk that much in the US, and it’s really refreshing. My walk to school in the morning is about 2 miles/ 40 minutes long. It’s basically my favorite part of the day, so I’m gonna write about the most memorable parts…
April in Pictures
Wow… happy May! How crazy does that sound? I’m terrified for this month…. it’s my last month in Morocco. In 21 days, I will be on my way home. I’m going to try and enjoy all of it, but it’s also very sad. I hope you enjoy these pictures from April, and I hope to…
Meknes, Meski, and Merzouga!
Last week, NSLI-Y and YES Abroad took our last group trip. This time, we went south and east to the Sahara. We visited Meknes, Azrou, Meski, Erfoud, and Merzouga. It was super fun, and I’ve wanted to visit the Sahara ever since I first read Le Petit Prince. Saturday, April 7: At the ripe hour…
A Note on “Failure”
I had my capstone presentation last week, and it didn’t go at all how I planned. The whole year, we’ve been preparing this huge research project with the ultimate goal of presenting it in front of our friends and host families. Now I like to identify myself as an anxious mess, and I’m not always…
How has Morocco changed me?
I know for a fact that I am a much different person now than when I left Fargo last September. I remember somebody asking me around December how I’d changed, and for some reason I became very annoyed. I think I was having a rough week, and I didn’t want to accept that Morocco had…
ليلي في المغرب 