Everyone always says it…. but you do not believe it until you do it yourself. Studying abroad really does change your life. Even though I was utterly exhausted after the 8-hour flight and 6-hour time difference, Salzburg did not fail to give me a magical welcome. I stepped out of the taxi and it was […]
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First Impressions: Oxford, England
My days studying abroad in Oxford, England are all over the place but in the best possible way. Most days I’ll go out to lunch with a friend or eat oatmeal back at the room. A favorite of mine has been a crepe café with creamy coffee and addicting deserts. I tell myself I’ll only go […]
Spreading My Wings: My Time at St. Clare’s Oxford
My name is Claire, and I was a sophomore education major at Salve Regina studying abroad in Oxford, England. I had been saving my money since I was ten years old to study abroad, and I chose St. Clare’s Oxford because I could get some valuable teaching experience while I was across the pond. This […]
Challenges of Remote Learning from 5,843 miles away
When I found out we were going to be finishing our semester abroad from home through a remote learning approach I was not really certain what to expect. Would we continue to attend classes during class time, would we have tradition written final exams, would we still continue to learn new material? While remote learning […]
Last Trip For the Semester :(
Unfortunately, with everything going on in the world, my semester in Barcelona came to a quick close. Luckily the weekend before I got sent home I was able to take a trip to Seville in southern Spain with my program. The city was awesome, the weather was even better than Barcelonas, the food was good […]
A Quick Break From the City
Weekend trip to Cadaques Took a trip up to Cadaques in north eastern Spain with some of my roommates for the weekend. Really awesome place, good weather, even better food, and we went on a weekend that was basically “tourist-free” aside from us! There was also a big national park near where we stayed so […]
Surfs Up
On my third day in Melbourne, Australia my university took us on a 4.5-hour bus ride to the town of Warrnambool. The two night and three-day welcome trip was something I anticipated for MONTHS. The trip was targeted for international and study abroad students to get to know one another and to also immerse themselves […]
Off to a Rocky Start…
When I chose to study abroad in Greece, I was expecting beautiful beaches with the clearest water, sunny and 75 degrees everyday, in a quiet town built of small white villas. You could say I thought I was going to be studying on the set of Mamma Mia. However once I arrived, I found nothing […]
Starbucks in Traditional Gion
I went to Gion, the old district of Kyoto, with a friend over the weekend. As we walked down the cobbled streets enjoying the classic style of the shoin buildings with intricate wood-work and gorgeous lanterns, we noticed a familiar logo placed in a traditional Japanese paper-board display. In the middle of a street filled […]
Slán
Five months ago I was on this same airline, leaving my home and comfort zone for a far away land. I didn’t have friends or family to meet me when I got here. I was going to a completely new country, and to say that I was terrified is an understatement. I left my mom […]