Apologies in advance for the long post, but the first 36 hours were nearly indescribable. I never knew just how uncomfortable a plane could be until I sat in a single, small seat for 16 hours straight after a separate six hour flight, especially when… More
Sunday was our first "free day" since we landed in Italy. Our group made plans to test the metro system and ride up to Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) where we browsed through the high-end stores that line the streets. It almost felt like a day trip… More
The air was crisp and thin as I joined my friends sixty-seven meters above ground at the top of the William Wallace monument—though after hiking a steep incline to get to the monument and then climbing more than 250 stairs, I may have just been out of… More
The morning I left for Edinburgh, I woke up trying to savor my last few moments of total peace and quiet in my bed at home. I expected that air travel, orientation, and moving into my new flat were going to be exhausting for this introvert (Spoiler alert:… More
When my fellow study abroad classmates and I got to our residence hall at the University of Aberdeen, the first person we met in the lobby was a second-semester first year from Venice who happened to be checked in already, but we didn’t know she was a… More