Associate Professor from Western Carolina University

visiting Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Ah, Rome!

For some reason, in my mind, I had always assumed Rome to be like those ancient capitals such as Xi’An, Kyoto, or somewhere in the temperate climate. It never crossed my mind that Rome is actually subtropical, with palm trees and all kinds of cactus, like in...

First Impressions of Sofia

On the morning when I arrived in Sofia, there was a crowd at the exit of the airport with flowers and cameras to meet a lady and her family. The lady put on her silver medal from the Tokyo Olympic Game, and the crowd couldn’t be more proud and pleased. Her name...

Impressions of Istanbul

Istanbul is the biggest city in Turkey, being the economic center and where the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire used to reside, sitting across the boundary between Europe and Asia along the Bosporus strait. It has seen the history and the transition of Turkey into...