A common weekend activity for students studying abroad in New Zealand is to go camping on the weekends.  Many of the best trails in New Zealand are very long and often require camping overnight to finish the tramp.  However, there is another alternative to camping which many people enjoy, but isn’t as common in other places around the world.  

If you could only see what my room is covered in right now as I am preparing to pack for my trip for Rome. My bed is full of travel-size necessities. Not just a travel size package of Tums or deodorant, there is everything. Yesterday I stopped at my happy place Target to get a few last minute things before my flight, but instead I raided the aisle of everything miniature. You know, I really did need shampoo and conditioner, but instead I left with EVERYTHING.

Months before even coming to Morocco, I got excited when I found out that Ramadan was supposed to start a few days before the end of my program. I knew that getting to see how this holy month is observed and celebrated in Morocco would be a special experience. Ramadan officially started in Morocco this past Thursday. A couple weeks ago, my host mom and host sister started preparing large batches of cookies and food to prepare for the days of fasting and evenings of breaking the fast that were to come.

The day before I left Milano, I sat down with Elyse Resnick, the professor of the service learning class to learn more about the Fulbright program. Not only did I enjoy listening to her experiences and stories, but I genuinely feel like I made a friend.

Entering college, study abroad wasn’t even a blip on my horizon. I was focused on feverishly securing multiple jobs and affording my looming tuition bill on my meager salary and non-existent family financial support.

Hello! My name is Briana Maddox, and I’m currently a senior at Penn State pursuing a bachelor’s degree in media studies with a minor in anthropology. This summer, I’ll be completing the Rome Summer Internship as the last couple of college credits that I have before I complete my undergraduate career. As I get ready to leave for this summer’s Rome Summer Internship Program, I am beyond excited to get to spend two months living one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.

I was born in Maryland. I grew up in Maryland. Now in my first year in college, I am still in Maryland.

Don’t get me wrong: I love my home state. I grew up in a half-rural, half-suburban town, where I learned to drive a snow plough in the winter and a powerboat in the summer. My second home is the small city of Annapolis, where I learned to sail and parallel park. I have attended conferences and concerts in nearby Washington, DC, and now I wake up in a big city every day as a first-year college student in Baltimore.

First things first, an introduction. I'm Kara, a senior at the University of Miami, and I will be interning abroad in Milan this summer. Although I'm a psychology major, my internship this summer is with a modeling agency. There's no way I could be in the fashion capital of the world and not be part of it! I know this will be an amazing experience, but I can't help but feel somewhat nervous. I have always wanted to visit Italy, but I don't know Italian.