JORDAN AL QUDS FALAFEL SHOP “We had only one night in Amman after visiting Wadi Rum and Petra, so I decided to take advantage and show the rest of the group around. We went to Rainbow Street (which is a popular destination for locals and tourists) and got ‘The World’s Greatest Falafel’ at Al Quds Falafel. It’s a window shop; and for just $1.30, you can get a falafel sandwich that will blow your mind. After that, you can walk a couple blocks east to a place called Fatatri for dessert and coffee or tea. They make these desserts called ‘feteer’ that are similar to crepes, but better! I would recommend the banana stuffed feteer with Nutella.”
DALE HANSEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN STUDY ABROAD STUDENT
THAILAND COFFEE SHOP “I had a lot of amazing locations I got to see while living in Bangkok, but my favorite place to hang out was at a coffee shop on Ramkompheng soi 53 — a street about 10 minutes from my house. I made some of my closest Thai friends there. It was pretty much a typical coffee shop, except it was almost always full of friends that wanted nothing more than to simply sit down and spend time with each other. I taught English, learned Thai, laughed, cried, worshipped and spent a third of my food budget there. It wasn’t special for its lattes, venue, or couches; it was special for the people, the dialogue and the friendships shared there. To me, it’s more than a coffee shop halfway across the world; it’s a memory — a series of memories — of how love can jump walls and cross borders to, sometimes quite simply, sharing a latte with a friend.”
MAXWELL LEWIS THAILAND STUDY ABROAD STUDENT
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