france
“...I was walking the same streets as Hugo, Monet,
Molière,
and Pascal. Everywhere you go in Paris, you are standing
on the stepping-stones of history...constantly being revised,
amended and
built upon. ”
“Living in Rennes has taught me to be more self-reflective
and open towards a different culture: whether it be the simple
cheek-kiss or the repeated tendency of French transportation
to go on strike.”
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st. petersburg
"prepare for the future of Leningrad as you:
- Meet real-life Dostoevsky characters
- Walk through glittering palaces, the world’s largest art
museum,
- Go to underground club
in a city that is:
- freed from politics that defined two-and-a-half generations
- where the summer sun doesn’t set on (inexpensive)
music, ballet and theater performances
- and the winter doesn’t stop anyone
let this cultural capital of czarist opulence show you her Red
days and her White Nights"
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jordan
“[My host sisters] desire to adopt certain aspects of the
more liberal western culture, yet want to remain respectful to their
own culture and their parents’ ideals...something I saw in
action during [the family’s] Friday night curfew negotiations.
Such is the dilemma of many young people in Jordan...Rest assured
that you won’t be merely studying about your environment,
you ’ll be participating in its evolution.”
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london
“[London] is an immensely tolerant
city, a city that celebrates the individual. I believe
this is why so many important creative
artists and movements have and continue to come from London. ”