Note: This post was written in October 2017 and published in April 2020.   This question, despite everything, I still have trouble answering. The advantages and disadvantages honestly seem equal to me, making it hard for me to decide whether I should get it or not at times. Of course, it’s only this case if... Continue Reading →

I have never been in any Hispanic country outside of Europe before. The first place was Puerto Rico. Since I didn’t have the chance to travel around the island, I can rely mainly on my experiences with the people I had contact with in the community within which we were living.   Arriving to the... Continue Reading →

After about five days of survival mode we were completely exhausted. It hit us that the insurance wouldn’t pay for us to leave, at the same time it felt like we couldn’t do much for Puerto Rico because of the lack of gasoline (I had looked at volunteer opportunities for the hurricane clean-up process, but... Continue Reading →

The anecdote, which Zsiga’s history teacher must be credited for, goes like this: One year, the Russian harvest produced a total of 50 tons of wheat. Ivan Ivanevich, the local Kolkhoz leader, knew that the party would not be happy that they had not reached the projected plan of 100 tons. As a result, he... Continue Reading →