Linfield students studying around the world
It’s the end of the semester and you know what that means? 14 days of glorious, glorious travel through China. This semester there were two trips to choose from. The first option was a trip to Tibet, centered around Buddhism. The second, a trip through Southern China learning about China’s ethnic minorities. All but nine …
Continue reading “End of the Year Study Trip: 14-days through Southern China! (pt. 1)”
The next stop on our trip was the gorgeous destination, Lijiang. Surrounded by mountains and clear, cool water, Lijiang honestly might have been my favorite city on the trip. It’s a beautifully quaint town in Southern China, that has all the small-town charm of my favorite places in the US. We were staying in Old …
Continue reading “End of the Year Study Trip: 14-days through Southern China! (pt. 2)”
Now one last thing that made this Fall Break so special was that it was Golden Week. Golden Week is the anniversary of the founding the People’s Republic of China, which was officially founded on October 1st 1949. From the beginning of October, the country was celebrating the 70th anniversary of, well, the country. Beijing …
As finals week slammed us CSI students in the heart of fall, our pressure ramped up significantly. Countless days spent at the nearby student hub Wudaokou coffee shops preparing for our finals rendered us tired beyond belief. But before we knew it, the 50 or so students in the programe were split into our two chosen …
Continue reading “End of Semester and Study Trip to South China”
After three weeks of hel- I mean midterms, fall break arrived. Students had been talking about where they were going to go for months and finally the time was upon us! Slowly but surely, the IAU students inhabiting Aix made for the airport or train station, vacation bound. I was one of the last to …
(11/20/2022) I went on a trip with some people from my dorm hall to Tai O, a fishing village, today. It was a two-hour trip out to the village, split between two bus rides, but it was definitely worth the trip. After arriving, we had lunch. And if I had to say which meal has …
(8/28/2022) I woke up this morning to 18 new bug bites, and my two from the previous days were quite inflamed and red. Nevertheless, I ended up joining the people on my dorm floor on a trip to a fishing village and the beach. I am honestly astonished by how many events I have been …
Welcome, everyone! (Warning: This might be kinda long.) My name is Alecia Barlow, and I cordially invite you all to join me (virtually) throughout my adventures in Japan and South Korea. This spring semester, I am set to study abroad in South Korea; however, starting early February, I galivanted around Japan for three weeks on …
I have been in the United States for just over two weeks now, and boy has it been a wild ride. In this blog you will find details about a global health crisis, a plot twist that includes an emergency return to the United States, and an ice sculpture of a train. Last we left …
Continue reading “Chinese New Year, the Coronavirus and Coming Home”
Well, we’re back baby! I recently returned to Beijing after spending a month in Vietnam! The most drastic change is probably the weather, as Vietnam was in the 80s and 90s every day, and Beijing has snow on the ground. I am so glad to be back in China, the cold weather is actually …