Category: Activities: Landmarks
Activities: Historic Sites, GAP Program, Activities: Culture, Activities: Travel, Activities: Landmarks, Africa
On Saturday most of the team got up early to drive to the Simien Mountains, the second-highest point in Africa, with tons of wildlife and natural beauty. Carla and I chose to stay back in Gondar to explore the city. Our university guide and host Sintayehu met us at the hotel and accomodated our request to walk into town, about an hour walk. Since Saturday is a market day, we saw lots of people from the villages walking through town with their wares and animals (donkeys, mules and chickens).
GAP Program, Activities: Culture, Activities: Travel, Activities: Food, Activities: Landmarks, Africa
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Recently, I made a trip to Lake Como in Italy. Lake Como is renowned for the beauty of their scenic landscape. It is a lake surrounded b
Activities: Historic Sites, Student Exchange, Activities: Culture, Activities: Travel, Activities: Landmarks, Asia
This past weekend I traveled to Cambodia and I had an amazing time. I traveled with a group of three other SMU students. We flew in Phnom Penh (capital of Cambodia) on Friday and we left Monday afternoon (taking advantage of my 3-day school schedule!).
Europe, Activities: Historic Sites, Student Exchange, Activities: Culture, Activities: Travel, Activities: Landmarks
During my first week in Milan, I traveled out to the center of the city. When I say the center of the city, it is literally in the center of the city of Milan. In the center, there is a main cathedral called the Duomo, which is a term used for church, more specifically a catholic church. The Duomo is literally in the center of Milan. Then from the Duomo, the city is built as a circle that radiates outward.