Archive for January, 2007
MLK Jr.

MLK Jr.

Posted 15 January 2007 | By Funchilde | Categories: Culture, People, Photos | 1 Comment

I hope you all have a wonderful Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. The road is long and the battle is not yet won.

Pre-Trip Planning: But Kind of Not

Pre-Trip Planning: But Kind of Not

Posted 10 January 2007 | By Funchilde | Categories: Bloggie, Pre-trip planning, Semester @ Sea | 9 Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }    [1] Do you think Gadling knew what they got themselves into when they asked me to write for them? I don’t think so either. Check out my initial blog post [...]

Pre-Trip Planning: Paging Dr. McSteamy

Pre-Trip Planning: Paging Dr. McSteamy

Posted 06 January 2007 | By Funchilde | Categories: Bloggie, Eye Holes (books/film), Pre-trip planning, Semester @ Sea | 7 Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }   The Funchilde International Base Camp (FIB-C) is rather a mess these days. And by mess I mean I have commandeered my parent’s dining room with my paperwork, printer, files and [...]

Pre-Trip Planning: Carnival…Here I Come!

Pre-Trip Planning: Carnival…Here I Come!

Posted 04 January 2007 | By Funchilde | Categories: Bloggie, Brazil, China, India, Pre-trip planning, Semester @ Sea, Travel | 10 Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }       My passport arrived with the Brazilian, Chinese and Indian visa pages/stamps. And in typical girl fashion my first thought was: “ooh, look at the pretty colors!” But the Brazilian stamp [...]