by Maya Kraidy | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
After a few days of strangely beautiful weather, Cardiff finally looks about how I expected it to outside: cloudy and grey, with a constant slight rain. I’m not complaining though – I’m very grateful to be experiencing this in place of what I hear is an...
by Maya Kraidy | Jun 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! I’m writing to you from the surprisingly comfortable seat D35 on the Great Western Railway, en route from London Paddington to Swansea. This train will take me across the Welsh border to Cardiff – my first destination. The countryside is...
by Maya Kraidy | May 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! With just over a month until I depart, the countdown is officially on. This summer, I’ll be traveling to six cities – Cardiff, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Singapore, Manila, and Auckland – to explore how public language use reflects efforts to...