I had no idea that the French had so much fun...great place to visit!

Over the last few weeks, I have been in France visiting Family. My cousin from Peru married a Frenchman and the family came to meet the new family. She lives in Nancy, in northern France. It was rainy, cloudy and cold so I booked a one way ticket to the beach. I ended up staying a week in Nice, France. Apparently the French Riviera is somethign grand, and I hadn't heard of it until right before I boarded the train. It was an amazing time, the beaches are beautiful, but not what you woul... read more

This person is Jane Goodall, and she visited my campus in Berkeley, California a few weeks ago. She gave a talk on Conservation and World Populations. I haven't seem Jane since 1996, or was it 1997, when I saw her speak and met her in Washington DC. I was able to be reminded on what I want to do in this world, and how I want to impact the lives of others. I had been feeling a little disconnected and disallusioned from my goals. Academics are a tool that is allowing me to build the future... read more

Last week I got a migrane headache and I just couldn't take another minute of the amount of stress that has been building up on me since school started last summer. I was yearning for a place to venture off to and just forget about life for a minute! Last tuesday morning I was searching for cheap tickets to anywhere...hopefully somewhere cheap and maybe a place that I have been before. Score! I found a $450 ticket to CR. One week, Costa Rica and me... Saturday afternoon, I was laying on... read more