by Central America Study Abroad | Mar 11, 2014 | CELL Central America Study Abroad Student Blog
As we leave Selva Negra for Granada, in transit to Costa Rica, I think I can speak for most of the group when I say that we feel satisfied and accomplished. Not only did we wipe out the restaurant’s entire supply of chocolate bars while simultaneously developing...
by CELL Staff | Feb 27, 2014 | Staff Column, Sustainability Tips
by: Julianne Boulton Printing a document requires input from a number of resources. Sometimes there is no alternative to printing a document. Printing only when it is essential and practicing the most sustainable methods to print can help decrease the impact your...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
On any given Sunday afternoon you might find an Icelandic household making waffles or pancakes with family or friends to relax and celebrate the weekend. Last week, Herdis and Rosy, fellow Solheimar residents, came over to share this tradition with us as we settled...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
We arrived in Iceland at 6:40 AM when we deboarded the plane from Boston. It was a long and dark drive to Sólheimar, a drive through which many of us slept with faces pressed against the van windows. The entire first day was a blur to all of us who were trying to...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
To me, it is often the landscape of a place that has the largest and most impactful statement. From the moment I first saw a glimpse of the Icelandic landscape, I was immediately drawn to its majestic beauty of constant, rolling mountains. Mountains never speak. In...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
On Thursday, February 13, our group was scheduled to go on a trip to go to the Westman Islands. This involved getting up at 6:00 AM and driving so that we could make the ferry that left for the islands at 9:30. When we got to the ferry terminal, we discovered that the...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
Over the course of two weeks, I have experienced so much in all aspects that I cannot easily pick out one single event to represent what I have learned. But if I had to summarize all my experiences, I would say gladly I am able to see so much hope and many...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 26, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
Knit two, purl two. Knit one black, knit three gray. Purl one, Slip one. Purl one. Pull the slipped stitch over. Purl, purl, purl, purl… These words make up the clamor in my head as I knit my very first sock; these words give my hands the instructions they need to...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 24, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
When energetically charged atoms from solar rays collide with particles in the thermosphere, brilliant lights begin to dance. They dance not for us, humans, but they dance for the Earth. Their colors are magnificent, and in a profoundly existential and spiritual way,...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Feb 24, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
So, three weeks have gone by and with them the remnants of who I was before I came — falling away like soft drifts of sand creeping across the desert, changing the landscape with every wind. Solace is found in the fact that those remnants were never really meant to be...
