My first travel excursion in India was a big one: Agra and the Taj Mahal. Before I left, many people asked me “Are you going…
Author: Nichole Springer
Nichole Springer is a fifth year senior, taking a victory lap as she likes to call it, majoring in international business and marketing and earning certificates in professional Chinese communication and South Asian Studies. As a self proclaimed language nerd, Nichole has studied Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Bangla and whatever other language she can find resources for. She has been fortunate to study abroad in Tianjin, China and Bangkok, Thailand. This fall will be her third study abroad experience in Varanasi, India. When she's not learning languages or studying, you can find her telling bad pun jokes and petting all the dogs she can find.
Before coming to Varanasi, I was trying to prepare myself for a culture and city very much different to the one of my own. I…