The Amazing Mini-Eurotrip Race

“You know what looks really beautiful?” Ahmad yelled across the house. “What?” I yelled back from the kitchen. “Amsterdam. I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures and it seems like the kind of place we’d enjoy visiting.” “You don’t say!” I replied, rolling my eyes, as I made my way to the living room where…

Primark, Revisited

As a graduate student in the city of Maastricht, we used to travel 30 minutes by train to shop at Primark, the English low-cost clothing store that Europe absolutely loves. In exchange for cheap clothes suitable for our budgets, we would go through the ritual of Primark shopping: turning down temptations at every corner, yet…

To Be Back in Beirut

Note:  All the events described in this post took place sometime between late December and very early January. Due to my delayed absence from the blogging world, I am just now remembering these stories must be shared before moving onto more exciting ventures in Europe. In fact, this picks up straight from this  post.  To be  in Beirut…

Lessons in Frustration and Patience

You see up until now, everything relating to my going abroad had been going extremely smoothly, not a concern in sight. But this past week, it seems like the process hit a speed bump, leading me to be increasingly frustrated and sending a wave of angry emails towards any and every one who could help…