Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves – Henry David Thoreau
To preface, prior to this week, I had never done any kind of winter/snow sport in my entire life. The extent of my experience was unequivocally zero, so naturally, me being me, I decided to start off snowboarding as it is *supposedly* the more difficult path to start on. Thankfully I had no issues with … Continue reading Skiweek
I travelled to Bratislava to meet up with other Slovak exchange students recently, we all gathered in the train station while waiting for others to arrive. We had no place to go so we just stood in a large group and socialized, eventually we all arrived and started walking to the city center. I was … Continue reading Rotary X-mas Meeting
I was lucky enough to celebrate Thanksgiving twice this year, the first time was with a rotary club in Martin (which is about one hour away from me). That day was very interesting—as I traveled there by train so I could get there early enough to help prepare the dinner. When I arrived, my ride … Continue reading (Th)anksgiving
During my schools fall break I traveled with my host family to Prešov to celebrate Dušičky (All Saints Day). It was an interesting experience that was very touching to witness. The day before we purchased numerous flower arrangements and glass lanterns, intended to be left at ancestral graves. The next morning we left after breakfast to travel … Continue reading Dušičky
I recently met up with the exchange students in Slovakia in Košice to participate in the second oldest marathon in the world, I traveled there by train, as did most of the other exchangers. We ended up having a lot of fun on the train, as we all packed into a handful of train cabs, with … Continue reading Košice Marathon Weekend
Flying out to see family in Utah before I leave for Slovakia, had some initial weather and health complications but changed flights to the next day and got some good rest and I’m on my way, currently on my last flight headed for SLC. Curiously, I keep seeing this slogan all over the place and … Continue reading Flying Practice Run
