by Lucia Barnum | Sep 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m currently in my hotel room, sitting in a bed for the last time before I return home. The next time I experience this comfort, it will be in my childhood bedroom in Berkeley, California, a place I know better than anywhere in the world. And yet, the idea of...
by Lucia Barnum | Sep 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello from Brazil! After over ten weeks of travel, I’ve made it to my final destination. You’d think it would get easier to process after all this time, but I find myself absolutely shocked by how fast the time has flown by. Just as with Argentina, arriving in...
by Lucia Barnum | Sep 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello there! I know, it’s been a while since my last post. Between being busy with work and interviews, the chaos of travel, and the rapidly approaching end of my trip, I’ve found it difficult to sit down and write a long blog entry. But I would be remiss if I didn’t...
by Lucia Barnum | Aug 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Saludos desde Buenos Aires! I have to admit, arriving in my second-to-last country was pretty surreal. After one of my longest travel day(s), I was so relieved to arrive safely in Argentina that I could barely process how close I was to the end of this journey. As...
by Lucia Barnum | Aug 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello again! I feel like I just finished writing about Accra, and yet here I am in an airport late at night, mentally preparing for another sequence of red eyes. So what better way to pass the time than to catch up on my time in Kumasi? My last blog post left off...
by Lucia Barnum | Aug 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello! Sorry for the longer period of silence — as I said, my internet connection has been hit-or-miss here. I’m writing this post from my Airbnb couch in Kumasi, enjoying the luxury of ceiling fans and Wifi. But I can’t skip telling you about my week in Accra!...
