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By | Hannah Lussier As I flew over the Andes Mountains in the early morning hours on February 15th, I could already tell that it would be easy to love living in Chile. The sun reawakened my sense of adventure as I left the stressful environment of the Santiago airport and breathed my first breath […]

Being in France for a month now,  I have officially had three weeks of classes. Although adjusting to one four-hour long class everyday has been a challenge, I like my professors very much and am enjoying my classes (which are all in French and about French Culture/Civilization). However, I have a different professor everyday, thus, we […]

As I am in my second month abroad here in San Sebastian, Spain, a recurring idea I keep having is that I have to be traveling in all my free time. Everyone is planning trips for every weekend to various parts of Europe, leaving right after a Friday class only to return on Sunday evening, […]

As of this weekend, my number is officially eight. I’ve been to eight different countries in the world, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon!! I had planned to spend four days in Amsterdam. My plans derailed when we decided to buy train tickets and see what Germany had to offer us! Because I […]

In my last post, I told everyone the story of how I packed for Paris hours before leaving and somehow made it to my train on time (See The One With The Visit).   On Friday morning, I left London on the Eurostar train and traveled underwater through the English Channel. Sleeping on the train was hard, […]

If you know me, you’ll know that I am the biggest procrastinator there ever was. If you know my flatmates, you’ll know that they are very quickly giving me a run for my money. If you know me, you’ll know that I am also one of the most unorganized people there ever was. And if […]

I would consider myself a a skeptical person. That is why I questioned everyone that said “This will be the best experience of your life!” or “You will not come back as the same person!”. I knew I would change. How could living in a foreign country not change you? I just didn’t expect it […]

People ask me why I decided to study abroad in San Sebastian, Spain, and the first reason I think of is that it is right on the coast. Growing up along the sunny coasts of San Diego and deciding to attend college along the mansion lined Atlantic coast of Newport, Rhode Island, it seemed only […]