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On the Road (day eighteen)

June 12, 2008

They descended upon us as we stumbled, blearly-eyed into the gas station convienence store in search of caffeine and chocolate.


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On the Road (day seventeen)

June 11, 2008

As we waited to board the ski lift, we could see the granite mountain in the distance, peppered with evergreens and enshrouded in a thick cloud at the uppermost point of the peak.


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On the Road (day sixteen)

June 10, 2008

On the bus ride this morning, through and around the windy roads of Carpathian Mountains, I made several observations.


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On the Road (day fifteen)

June 09, 2008

My day began with the chit-chat of the neighborhood dogs of Homorodszentpeter; it was 2 a.m.


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On the Road (day fourteen)

June 08, 2008

In the afternoon, everyone spent time in the city of Sighisoara, the birth place of the legendary Count Dracula--or the harsh fifteenth-century Wallachian prince, Vlad Tepes.


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On the Road (day thirteen)

June 07, 2008

Each summer the Flinn Scholars Program takes an entire class of Scholars to Budapest, Hungary, and neighboring Romania for a three-week seminar on the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. So, here


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On the Road (day twelve)

June 06, 2008

Each summer the Flinn Scholars Program takes an entire class of Scholars to Budapest, Hungary, and neighboring Romania for a three-week seminar on the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. So, here


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