I am now one month into my semester in Limerick. The initial shock, and homesickness is over. I have finally become adjusted to the courses (modules), found where to shop and buy groceries, where to travel, and how to get there. Now, being four weeks into classes, I can’t help but think back on my […]
I’ve been in Costa Rica for about a month now and have fallen in love with this country. This country is magical and I have fallen in love with not only the country, but the people here: locals and backpackers. The never ending beaches, the jungle, the mountains, the smiles on people’s faces, the smell, […]
Oh the places you’ll go! For the past two weeks I have been on a roller coaster of immersion into the Latin American culture of the country of Costa Rica. With a heavy class schedule as well as many excursions planned for us on the weekends it has definitely been a lot of running around […]
Traveling to England was always a dream of mine. I won’t lie, after reading and seeing all of the Harry Potter films. I knew that I wanted to go there. It was even a joke in my family that if I ever went to England I would stay there forever. Therefore I was determined to […]
Whoever said time changes everything was wrong. It’s not time, it’s experience. Experience changes everything. It just so happens that more commonly than not, more experience happens over a longer period of time. Yet that is not always the case. Sometimes we may feel like a whole lifetime has passed in a short amount of […]
“America is my country, and Paris is my hometown.” – Gertrude Stein. Uttered by a leading literary figure and ex-pat, Ms. Stein sums up my thoughts and feelings on the city of Paris, France. I studied abroad in Paris in the fall of 2010 as a junior, but I inquired about the study abroad […]
First of all, I just want to say how truly lucky I was to get the opportunity to study abroad in college. It is one of those experiences that I will remember for the rest of my life and has helped me grow into the person I am today. During my junior year, I took a […]