Kunal Mehta @legoktm@mastodon.technology

I'm on a school trip to Italy and Greece, with a focus on interviewing migrants and refugees, conducting interviews, documenting their situation, and gaining real world reporting experience.

My first two blog posts are up: https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/17/day-1-visiting-a-migrant-camp-in-rome.html and https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/17/day-2-maintaining-eye-contact.html

More to come hopefully.

https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2018/hausdurchsuchungen-bei-vereinsvorstanden-der-zwiebelfreunde-und-im-openlab-augsburg is just ridiculous.

Proud to be a riseup.net account holder and donor.

Day 15: four short stories, the knife, the port, the prison, and the boy
https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/30/day-15-the-knife-the-port-the-prison-and-the-boy.html

The subtext is deafening: non-citizens aren't welcome at the Port of Athens.

https://mastodon.technology/media/taX47wJ7OTbjCDtevQo

The ferry wifi is non-neutral and is blocking a bunch of websites.

My classmates are now downloading Tor browser to bypass the censorship #netneutrality #tor #censorship

Day 12: Photos, photos, photos
https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/28/day-12-photos-photos-photos.html

I've been generally underwhelmed by the quality of my Essential Phone's camera in low light situations. But last night when there was basically no light, it seemed to do really well.

I fell behind on blogging. Day 9, 10, and 11 are now up.

https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/24/day-9-midpoint-reflection.html
https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/27/day-10-meeting-refugees-and-athena.html
https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/27/day-11-rain-rain-go-away.html

Athens is such an incredible city with tons of history that I wish we were staying here even longer.

First graffiti in Athens that was actually in English so I could understand it.

The street art here is fantastic.

https://mastodon.technology/media/g7tgUAklF0WvU4nt3bo

🇮🇹✈️🇬🇷

Day 8: Ciao Italy! https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/23/day-8-ciao-italy.html

I think it's really cool that "ciao ciao"[1] also means goodbye. It's much more fun to say than just a plain "ciao".

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao_ciao

Day 7: A short break: https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/22/day-7-a-short-break.html

Biggest mistake I made today was trying to wear pants. The rain stopped like 5 minutes later and then it was back to boiling hot. Only shorts for me!

Day 6: Unprepared for heartbreak: https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/22/day-6-unprepared-for-heartbreak.html

Yesterday was a really long day, which is why my post is up late. We conducted 4 interviews, and had about 6 hours of driving (well, riding in the car).

Day 4: First round of interviews: https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/20/day-4-first-round-of-interviews.html

The days are starting to blend together in my head...

We visited archeological ruins/monuments in Siracusa, Sicily (totally beautiful btw), but the official guide booklet that we paid a few euros for couldn't answer our basic questions about what we were seeing. Unsurprisingly, Wikipedia had all the answers. #freeknowledge #wikipedia

Day 3: Return to the mountain - https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/18/day-3-return-to-the-mountain.html

I've taken a lot of photos on this trip, including some beautiful panorama views, I've just been running out of time to edit and publish them :(

I'm on a school trip to Italy and Greece, with a focus on interviewing migrants and refugees, conducting interviews, documenting their situation, and gaining real world reporting experience.

My first two blog posts are up: https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/17/day-1-visiting-a-migrant-camp-in-rome.html and https://blog.legoktm.com/2018/06/17/day-2-maintaining-eye-contact.html

More to come hopefully.

A different message on the graffiti in Catania.

https://mastodon.technology/media/8NLXn3b4UlzPFTm0PDA