By: Cindy Luo, CAS ’20 University of Minho Law School – Braga, Portugal I enjoy reading about all types of places, people, and events. And I find myself falling in love with these things even before I have my first real encounter with them. With Portugal, I wanted to be culturally open-minded, to have an…
By: Jane Bozsik, CAS ’19 Owl Monkey Project – Formosa Province, Argentina My time abroad has been more unusual than most. Most of the week we spend camping in the Gran Chaco, crafting our own meals over a stovetop rather than eating out. Our camp diet is composed of whatever is offered at local grocery…
By: Thomas Calder, CAS ’20 Penn Anthropology –Â Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala Lots of Penn students spend their time between different countries and are very accustomed to traveling long distances and adjusting to new places. This was not the case for me: I’m from just over an hour’s drive outside Philadelphia, and these first ten days in…
By: Rebecca Composto, CAS ’18 The Owl Monkey Project – Formosa, Argentina The Owl Monkey Project research site is based within a ranch called Guaycolec in Formosa, Argentina. The research site consists of forests and is surrounded by mainly grasses with some trees, horses and a ton of cows. From time to time there are…