Part of the reason I chose to study abroad in Prague is because I did not know much about the city at all. When I arrived in Prague, I did not have classes for the first week, so I took the time to explore the city and meet new people. I went to many famous […]
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Out In The Elements
By Mackenzie Kirby Introduction Hi! My name is Zie and I’ll be a junior this Fall Semester of 2023. I am pursuing a Creative Writing Major with a Film Minor. This past Spring Semester I studied in Moss, Norway, becoming one of the few students from Salve Regina to go abroad in the Scandinavian region. […]
La perolata mía: The Information I Wish That I Had Known Before Studying Abroad
Introduction Perolata. A word that, if searched, does not exist. Instead, the results that emerge are for the word “perorata,” which is defined by the Real Academia de Lengua as a “discurso o razonamiento, generalmente pesado y sin substancia” (discourse or reasoning, generally weighted and without substance) (n. pág.). But that is not what a […]
Goodbye Budapest, Hungary
Ethan David5 June 2023Budapest, HungaryBlog #2 Saying goodbye to Budapest, Hungary was not easy. The friends I made, the places ive been, and the city itself made it difficult to board the plane home. However, I am happy to see my friends and family again. Once I got home, I laid in bed and reflected […]
Exploring Barcelona and Beyond
Before leaving Barcelona, I had one last day to soak up the city’s beauty. I spent it sitting near the Sagrada Familia, watching people taking pictures and admiring the architecture. It brought back all the memories from my time abroad—meeting people, exploring new places, and staying up late to experience it all. All I could […]
Wishing to Slow Down Time
Four months later… I can now say that I have two homes across the world from one another, friends scattered across the United States, and countless memories. I have experienced greater things that I could have imagined, but the most life-changing of all is the self that I am left with at the end. Over […]
Home Away from Home
Creating a “home away from home” isn’t an easy thing to do, but it surely makes adjustment periods easier. I love to travel and try new things, which often includes going to new places, therefore creating a few different “home away from homes”. Going into the study abroad experience, I had the hope that Seville […]
Finding Joy in the Unexpected
Going abroad was always something I was so sure about going into college, but where I would study was a bigger question. During my first meeting with my advisor, I made a checklist of all the things I wanted in a program such as living with a host family, being in South America, having the […]
Reflections On a Semester Abroad…
The days between April 16th and April 22nd were surprisingly the best and worst days of studying abroad. From paddleboarding along el Río Guadalquivir with friends, a sunset trip to Plaza de España, chatting with my host parents about their strangest experiences hosting American students, to eating my favorite tapas for the last time, I […]
The Most Beautiful “Step” Out of My Comfort Zone
Immersing myself into this world of studying abroad has opened my eyes in countless ways and provided an entirely new perspective on life in almost every aspect. The idea of traveling the world, learning and living in an entirely new culture, being on your own, moving thousands of miles from everything familiar, has always seemed […]