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Mary: Day of delicious mango
- 6 August //
- Posted in Asia & Oceania, Current Students Abroad, Europe, Mary in India, Study Abroad in the UK //
- Tags : chai, Ganesh, International Development in India, Jaipur, Minnesota Studies in International Development, orientation, street market
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Already another day has gone by! It’s hard to believe. Today was our first day at the MSID building, where I’ll be having class for the rest of the semester. After a huge breakfast of an omelet, toast, corn flakes with warm milk and sugar (very weird but tasty), apples, pears, and oranges, Rama-Ji’s son dropped us off in the car. But starting tomorrow and for the rest of the semester Emily and I will walk, it’s only about seven minutes away. The MSID building is wonderful; I hope to [...]
Read MoreEllen: overwhelmed in India
- 14 September //
- Posted in Asia & Oceania, Current Students Abroad, Ellen in India //
- Tags : Ganesh, India, International Development in India, Jaipur, Minnesota Studies in International Development, monkies
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Roller coaster of culture. We went to the Albert Hall museum and had a pretty terrible time. Six of us paid admission to a museum where we were the exhibit. A man asked for a picture with me at the very beginning, and he was harmless, but that was nothing. Herds of middle school boys followed us around, surrounding each of us individually as we looked at the books and pottery and the mummy. They would just stand staring at me while I stared at the art. Remember, Indians have [...]
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