Fun, Flowers, and Feet: A Dispatch

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Bangkok!  We began the day with a tour of Chulalongkorn University, one of our partner institutions.  I enjoyed the opportunity to hear more from their staff about higher education in Thailand.  Chula is big, similar in size to IUPUI.  We happened to visit during the first day of welcome week, so it was fun to see all the students doing many of the same things that our students do during WOW, sporting their free, residence hall t-shirts and sitting in circles meeting new friends. 

We had some flexibility with the rest of the day, so a group of us took a water taxi to the flower and fruit market.  I bought some green tangerines and wandered through aisles of fruit and flowers I'd never seen before.  Photos are here.

We ended the day with dinner, and a trip to the MBK for groceries.  While I'm having a lovely time, my feet are covered in blisters.  Too hot, and too much walking, I guess!  Note to home: buy stock in Band-Aids.