The Middle Ground Journal

Cyprus – Reflections – by Samuel Bunting. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports

I will be the first person to admit that going abroad was something that never appealed to me. Sure, I had listened to the energetic talks of my school’s study abroad office and the life-changing stories of upperclassmen who had gone abroad, but the idea never struck a chord with me. I liked my life living in the United States, I liked my routine, my car, my neighborhood, my Starbucks. As I was thinking about what I wanted to do during my undergraduate career, I made the decision that I would not be venturing far outside my zip code, and I was alright with that.

All that notwithstanding, the question becomes, how in the world did I wind up in the tiny Mediterranean island, Cyprus? I suppose I should give…