So, I figure now is as good a time as any to tell everyone that from this point forward, I will be no longer blogging about my study abroad journey.
Just kidding. Happy April Fool's Day Everyone!
Now, seriously, I will be leaving in about an hour to begin my spring break in Alexandria. I've been looking forward to this trip ever since I got here and it's here! So EXCITED! I promise there will be an actual post upon my return. No joke.
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The triumphs, torments and tales of a girl traveling abroad.
The Adventurer
- Becky
- Baltimore, United States
- ~Double major: International Studies-concentration Middle East and International Communication, Film and Media Studies ~Wants to travel the world ~Makes movies in her free time ~Loves Halloween and Alice in Wonderland
Things I Want to Accomplish While Abroad
- Improve my Arabic skills a lot.
- Work on a film...somehow.
- See a football game live.
- See the pyramids, and as many sites as I possibly can see.
- Learn to cook Egyptian food.
- Participate in a service project.
- Get lost and find my way back
- See the TV tower
- See a concert
- Go to a play
- See castles
- Shop!
- Make new friends
- Try many different foods
- See an ice hockey game
- See a football game
- Go ice skating
- Climb to the top of the clock tower
- Go to many museums
- Go to an opera
- Walk the Charles Bridge
- See Prague Castle
- Go to a dance club
- Learn Czech pretty competently
- See the Mirror Maze
- Travel outside of the Czech Republic
- Find a beer I actually like
- Take a row boat out on the Charles River
- See John Lennon Wall
Readers
Things I've Done
- Swam and paddle boated on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Went to Alexandria, saw the monuments and the library!
- Survived mid-terms week.
- Participated in a focus group on studying abroad.
- Spent the night under the stars in the Black and White Desert.
- Began work with the Access Program.
- Went out to desert with Dr. Magda.
- Went to Muquattam Hill.
- Visited Mu'izz Street in Islamic Cairo.
- Bought new camera!
- Explored Shubra, Zamalek and Heliopolis.
- Went to Mohamed Ali Pasha's summer palace.
- Watched the Oscars live!
- Got an internship with Past Preservers!
- Saw "And It Isn't Even Tuesday Yet".
- Attended an Egyptian Wedding Party.
- Dipped my feet in the Mediterrean Sea.
- SUVed through the desert, climbed a dune, "sandsledded", and learned the purpose of a scarf in the desert.
- Learned some new card games!
- Saw the Old Shali city, the Temple of the Oracle, the Temple of Amun, Cleopatra's Bath and the sunset over the Oasis.
- Learned to use a "squat toilet".
- Saw El Alamein.
- Took a 12 hour bus ride to Siwa and back again.
- Had an Egyptian cooking lesson.
- Got to go inside the tomb of King Teti and the Red Pyramid!
- Visited Saqqara, Dahshur, and Memphis.
- Went and danced at "French Club".
- Had a tour of the Egyptian Museum.
- Saw press conference with Zahi Hawass about Tutenkamen.
- Arabic movie night, dialogue sessions and lectures! Provided by AMIDEAST!
- Finished reading "Darkly Dreaming Dexter".
- Went and explored City Stars Mall.
- Enjoyed a "make-shift" Valentine's Day party.
- Hung out at Al-Azhar Park.
- Went on a tour of Islamic Cairo.
- Celebrated my 21st birthday!
- Had lots of koshary!
- Saw Egypt win the Africa cup!
- Began new classes.
- Saw the pyramids at Giza.
- Went to Islamic Cairo and navigated the open air market.
- Saw Egypt win in the Africa Cup Semi-Finals against rival Algeria.
- Completed the Cairo Amazing Race...came in last though...
- Had Yemeni food and fun with the Arabic teachers.
- Saw Egypt win in the Africa Cup Quarter Finals against Cameroon.
- Successfully navigated back to my apartment.
- Went on a diner cruise down the Nile.
- Took a neighborhood tour.
- Experienced Cairo traffic.
- Arrived safely back in New York after 4 months of being away.
- Was an illegal immigrant for 9 hours.
- Finished shopping for gifts.
- Screened film with professors for feedback and with actual audience.
- Finished season 4 of Dexter!
- Color graded my film!
- Celebrated Czech Christmas!
- Went to the FAMU party.
- Designed costumes for Jacob's movie.
- Finished R.U.R.
- Finished editing movie.
- Did blood spatter work from Drew and Tarek.
- Had a Czech/American Thanksgiving!
- Finished filming short film!
- Worked on a feature length film as the clapboard girl.
- Saw 2012.
- Went to Petřin and Vyšehrad with Geoff
- Made a photo storyboard for our movie!
- Ate in the dining car on a train
- Met Geoff in Berlin!
- Went to Berlin and got to see the Wall, the Reichstag, the Freedom Festival and Brandenburg Gate, plus more!
- Went to Kutna Hora and took a tour of the silver mines and the bone church
- Celebrated Halloween with a party!
- Took a tour of the Jewish Quarter
- Went to Vienna and saw ALOT of stuff.
- Finished seasons 1,2 &3 of Dexter.
- Went to the Lookout Tower and Mirror Maze
- Saw Surrogates
- Learned to light scenes and how to correctly use a light meter
- Got lost at Krematorium Motol
- Saw the Dodgers-Phillies Game in a Prague Sports Bar
- Saw "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Estates Theatre
- Successfully pitched story
- Had a "swimming pool"
- Sort of went to a jazz club
- Made schnitzel and eggplant...yum!
- Had Chinese Food
- Sang Karaoke at Friends
- Played a Czech card game and 1000 Blank White Cards
- Danced at Club Cross
- Took an Off the Beaten Path Tour
- Had a "Wine and Cheese Party"
- Finished the Utena series
- Finished reading "World War Z"
- Seen all of Prague stop running due to a black out!
- Finished draft 1 of script with Kris
- Picked out elective classes
- Really enjoyed fried Camembert with blueberries
- Went to the Turkish baths
- Walked the Chain Bridge
- Saw Hero's Square, Buda Castle, Matthias Church, the Medieval Synagoge, the Fisherman's Bastian, the Terror museum, Parliament, and the Opera house
- Stayed at a hostel for the first time
- Traveled to Budapest by TRAIN!
- Found a partner and came up with a story idea
- Danced to gypsy music
- Made friends outside of the film program
- Saw the Prague Swat Team in Action
- Went to Club Cross
- Started classes at FAMU
- Bought "77 Prague Legends"
- Went to Cesky Krumlov
- Went to the Iron Curtain Museum
- Threw "grenades"
- Shot a rifle
- Toured Cesky Krumlov Castle
- Saw David Cerny's Entropa
- Walked the Charles Bridge
- Dubbed a movie
- Finished Season 1 of True Blood
- Danced at Lucerna
- Visited Wenceslas Square
- Liked Kozel Cerny
- Tried roasted duck
- Tried goulash
- Visited Prague Castle grounds
- Visited Cubist museum
- Saw Old Town Square
- Saw Lennon Wall
- Had an Egyptian cooking lesson.
- Visited Saqqara, Dahshur, and Memphis.
- Went and danced at "French Club".
- Had a tour of the Egyptian Museum.
- Saw press conference with Zahi Hawass about Tutenkamen.
- Arabic movie night, dialogue sessions and lectures! Provided by AMIDEAST!
- Finished reading "Darkly Dreaming Dexter".
- Went and explored City Stars Mall.
- Enjoyed a "make-shift" Valentine's Day party.
- Hung out at Al-Azhar Park.
- Went on a tour of Islamic Cairo.
- Saw the pyramids at Giza.
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