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Arriving in a new country is fun and exciting, but when this honeymoon phase is over, how do you keep moving forward?

Here's some honesty: arrival day is tough.

I wanted to touch on something I know a lot of people worry about before going abroad for an extended period of time. Homesickness. 

I first landed in Buenos Aires at 8 a.m. after a full night of travel, was shuttled into a taxi by IES Abroad staff, and arrived at my homestay where I spent...

Never in a million years did I think I would experience homesickness...well here we are.

Yesterday, August 6th, I arrived back in the United States after having spent my last days in France after the program visiting family.

I think most people will tell you that coming home after a study abroad experience is hard. I knew this, I believed it, but I didn't expect it to affect me this...

As I'm packing up and preparing to leave tomorrow, there's an overwhelming feeling that my time here is incomplete. I feel like I could cancel my return flight...

As I was in the cab, taking me to my fate of leaving Milan after over two months of being there, I was hit with one resounding feeling. I felt like I was...