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Europe08: An ode to the Barcelona transportation system

13 July 2008

"Well I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music…"
There. I've said it. Gotten it out of my system. (For those who don't recognize the quote or cultural reference, it's the lyrics from a song covered by the band Three Dog Night in the 1970s.)
Today I arrived in Barcelona. The airport terminal, [...]

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Europe08: What one semester of high school French will get you in Paris

9 July 2008

When I was about 12 years old and starting 7th grade, I signed up to begin to study a foreign language — Beginning French. Or so I thought.
Due to a registration error, the school also signed me up for Beginning Latin class. So for my first semester, I was studying foreign language for the first [...]

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Tech Tool: Your hotel room keycard

8 July 2008

Image via Wikipedia
Today's Tech Tool is brought to you courtesy of the Holiday Inn Paris Bastille, where I've been staying while in Paris — and it's the hotel room keycard.
One of the interesting things about traveling abroad is how what you think should be familiar suddenly becomes somewhat unfamiliar.?I have spent a goodly portion of [...]

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Europe08: How to ruin your tastebuds by going abroad (French version)

7 July 2008

Food, glorious food! Every culture, every town, every household has its own specialities that are not to be missed. How we experience and learn to enjoy what we eat while we're abroad can ruin our tastebuds forever.
And I mean that in a positive way. That is, you can ruin your tastebuds by educating your palate.
Every [...]

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Europe08: The desire for consistency — or why people want a Coke

6 July 2008

Paris has been quieter than I expected. Perhaps everyone is off to the country in much the same way that Minnesotans headed in droves for their cabins in the Northwoods over the 4th of July.
Yesterday evening, my stomach was talking to me.?I found a little brasserie near my hotel to eat dinner. Just a place [...]

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Europe08: Language and religion – Respectful bridges

5 July 2008

My hotel is not far from the location of both the Bastille and the Seine River. So this afternoon, I went out to experience a Saturday afternoon walking through parts of Paris.
I walked along the Seine, the river that basically defines Paris, towards??le de la Cit?, an?island?where the city began in the Middle Ages. The [...]

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Europe08: Arriving in Paris – A multi-cultural experience

5 July 2008

Paris greeted me with green fields appearing out of the drizzly yet vaguely romantic weather upon arrival at CDG airport this morning. And immediately, I was drawn into the cross-cultural experience that typifies landing at an international airport.

The French airline flight attendant who assured me that he doesn't eat airline food, so he couldn't make [...]

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NAFSA08: International color and technical swag

28 May 2008

I just got through attending the EducationUSA Country Fair, which is always one of my favorite events at the NAFSA conference. EducationUSA adviser work with students in countries all over the world who want to attend colleges and universities in the United States.
The Country Fair at the NAFSA conference is international and colorful, with many [...]

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NAFSA08: New photos and videos

28 May 2008

It's been such a busy morning, that I haven't had time to post yet. I'm in the process of uploading more photos of the Expo Hall to the NAFSA08 Flickr group. The folks at NAFSA have also uploaded some pictures. Maybe you'll see folks you know and some you haven't met yet. I was intrigued [...]

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NASFSA08 Photos and Videos

27 May 2008

All through the 2008 NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference, I'll be uploading video and photos for you to enjoy.?

During the conference, my?videos are located at: http://www.youtube.com/user/rmsylte
During the conference, my?photos are located at:?http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmsylte/
The NAFSA08 Flickr group, with contributions from a number of NAFSA08 attendees is at:?http://www.flickr.com/groups/nafsa08/

Take a look and share some of NAFSA 2008 with [...]

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