Over the course of my college career, I watched many of my closest friends study abroad. They travelled across the world to places I’d only seen on social media and read about in history textbooks. They made friends that looked foreign and interesting and different than the people I surrounded myself and I can remember thinking—I want that. I wanted friends from different cultural backgrounds that would make me think differently and question why I was the way I was.
Growing up with my mom thinking she is Mrs. Claus, I enjoy Christmas all year round.
Christmas is always a fun time of year if not THE BEST time of year. Being able to spend the beginning of Christmas in London is exciting. London has so much to offer during Christmas time. Whether you are a foodie, in it for the decorations, or just love shopping, London has got you covered.
Every morning at 8:38 a.m., I walk through Vauban, the alternative/hippie/college dorm community in which I live, and board the Line 3 Tram to head to school. Freiburg’s trams are sleek and clean, inviting and colorful.
Moroccan elections are so different from elections in the U.S. To be fair, I don’t think any country does elections the way the U.S. does. (Am I watching a political debate, or an MTV reality show? Who knows). Campaign season lasted about two weeks, compared to the year and a half the U.S. spends following candidates and watching them drop like American Idol contestants. It’s also interesting how much Moroccans know, or are at least aware of, American politics.
10/9/16 1:21pm
A loVe Letter GoodBye. A scatter brain full of thoughts
Studying abroad MAY be the single greatest thing I have ever done in my entire life. No. It HAS been one of the best things that have happened to me in my 20 years of life. Wow. Now, I am not exaggerating, trying to create a cliché of a blog. I truly mean it. Why. It has turned around my way of thinking not only about our world, but my personal introspective world: my mind and my outlook on life and my social self.
At the beginning of October, I got an email containing my absentee ballot, which I printed, filled out, and prepared to mail back to the States. At this time, I also had to send to my home school an application for a program I was looking into and that application required me to send a notarized copy of my passport with it. For the sake of efficiency, I wanted to send both in one day. I figured the most obvious place to get a notarized copy of my passport would be the U.S. embassy.
People come to study in Milan for a variety of reasons: proximity to easy and inexpensive travel, the fashion culture, Italian food, the business industry, and myriad other topics. At the base of Italy’s multi-faceted beauty lies the Italian language. Unlike English, Italian’s lyrical phrasing and carefully structure assonance lends itself well to idioms, everyday phrases, and metaphors.
Hey all! Happy belated thanksgiving! I hope where ever you are you had a great meal (I had McDonalds but I’m not complaining). Anyways, so my friends and I did an Italy trip – Rome, Florence, and lastly Milan for 5 days. We ate tons of pizza and pasta and saw a bunch of cool landmarks. There’s not much to say because the video does it all so I wanted to touch upon another topic. First, listen…
