Before I left for Edinburgh, I heard over and over again that I shouldn’t spend all of my weekends traveling because I would miss out on the opportunity to make a home out of the city I decided to spend 4 months of my life in! After 4 weekends in a row… More
Just came back from an Arcadia weekend excursion at Straddie (North Stradbroke Island) with other US students studying abroad through the same program. It was interesting hanging out with Americans again; I’m not sure what to say. Straddie is an island… More
Forty-nine days in Scotland, and fifty-seven left to go. Thus far, I’ve been to multiple historical sites, clubs, pubs, you name it, I’ve been to at least one of them. That being said, I recently took a moment last week to sit down, and write in my journal… More
You can’t escape it. You know it’s going to happen at least once or maybe even a dozen times while you’re abroad. You will get sick. But you’ll be ok, I promise. This blog is a bit late because I got sick. Really sick, I was uncomfortably hot in temperatures… More
A big part of studying abroad is planning travel to other countries, especially when Europe is so accessible. In fact, the number one question I get asked as an international student is, “What are your travel plans?” While this is a perfectly valid and… More