Ginger Without Borders

In the housing complex where the majority of the students of the academy stay, every upstairs apartment (or as Tringa [from the UK] says, and I have adopted, ‘flat’) is connected by a giant communal balcony that you can walk along – or in our case, use for giant multi-flat parties. Every night for the…

Because we are so close to many interesting cities, and because many people here have never been to Europe or may never come back to Europe, the majority of the students of the academy have decided that to spend their weekends raveling around Europe. Me, on the other hand, I spend my weekends sitting in…

Classes ended today at 12:30pm. And while there was an optional seminar from 2pm-3:30pm, my roommates and I were disinterested in the topic to be discussed so we decided to visit the International Criminal Court (ICC) instead. Best. Decision. Ever. Since it was more of a spur of the moment decision, none of us had…

One by one, we are going down like flies. Yesterday it was Romina who was ill, today it is Tringa and Avital, and Caitlin and I can feel the tickle forming in our throats. The reality of this summer course is very similar to that of the Model UN conferences I attended – you travel…

This morning was a struggle. On top of toast in the oven nearly catching on fire and a sensitive fire alarm going off when a flatmate was cooking eggs, everyone was dead tired from staying up so late last night. Our kitchen looked like a food tornado had blown in from the night before, taking…