Tagged abroad

One of the pieces of advice I got for studying abroad was, “try the local food everywhere.” I took it to heart, because I love food. In Geneva, Switzerland, I was ready to use this approach because the...

It was hard for me to narrow down what to talk about this week, because this past weekend I was in London, and like most big cities, London is full of things to do. There’s incredible, massive museums,...

One of the most popular reasons why college students go abroad is to find themselves. Because I’m realistic and I know my life isn’t a romantic comedy, I did not go abroad for this. Serendipitously, in the...

When our bus pulled up to the Cliffs of Moher, it was so windy that the top of the bus was buffeting. I looked out the window and saw people’s coats blowing wildly, and the grass whipping back and forth. The...

Literature, history and politics are at the forefront of British culture, yet cafés are also a significant cultural aspect that one has to take into account if he or she chooses to study abroad or live in...

I had just checked into my hostel after a long day of traveling when I decided to go explore the city. I was in Galway, a quaint little port city on the west side of Ireland. As I walked toward the famous...

When anyone starts to plan ahead for the six months that he or she will be studying abroad in a foreign country, a lot of thoughts can go through his or her head: will I adjust to a new culture? How will I...

Before leaving the United States, I made a list of countries that I had to see before coming back and right at the top of that list was the United Kingdom. Weird, right? And not just London, but Wales,...

One of the most important realities that I have learned while studying abroad in London the past month is that traveling to different places is an art that can take time to perfect. While traveling locally on...

The snow white vista of the Swiss Alps shone in the distance as I arrived in Interlaken. A tiny town in the middle of Switzerland, Interlaken had the feeling of an Olympic village asleep in a lush green valley...