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
This past week has been rather great. I’ve made a solid group of friends here from my Arcadia group, and we’ve been able to go a lot of places around town together. Mostly its been trips to the movies, visiting each other’s flats and having movie nights… More
During our introductory orientation to the University of Sydney they made jokes about culture shock, honored the aboriginal heritage of the land, introduced us to the advisors in charge of enrolling us in courses, and made us follow the study abroad program… More
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