beyond the green

  Today marks two weeks since my arrival in the United States after my study abroad experience in Barcelona, Spain. I am back in North Newton and have been welcomed by family and friends with inquiries about the time I spent away. Their faces, filled w… more »

  I am not known for talking politics, but as elections in Catalonia are on their way I have gotten an unexpected urge to share my political opinions. I suddenly came to the realization that politics is not a matter done behind closed doors, but rather… more »

  On September 3rd I arrived at the city of Barcelona with the program of Brethren Colleges Abroad and twenty one students from small Liberal Arts colleges from across the United States. Then, most of us felt unprepared for our study abroad experience,… more »

It is the middle of my second month living in Barcelona, Spain, and although I have shared with you a general account of my impressions of the place, the individual human experience has been missing. That is why today I will tell you the story of Jan an… more »

  Yes, we all have been there. We all have been that person with a map in hand, desperately clinging to that one building by Gaudí left on our list of must-sees. We are the man at La Barceloneta with the ridiculous tan line, the woman photographing eve… more »