For Anyone Nervous About Their Homestay
My biggest fear about studying abroad wasn’t the schoolwork, the new language, or moving around the world; it was getting along with the host family I would be staying with while I was in Buenos Aires.
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Getting Sick and Getting Pushed Out of Your Comfort Zone
It’s easy for me to fool myself into thinking that I’m fluent in Spanish—and therefore, that I can naturally handle any situations that arise abroad—until a situation actually arises and I don’t know how to handle it. It’s funny because the “situations” that challenge me aren’t bad; they’re not even inherently difficult or confusing.
We Survived Midterms!!
Woohoo! Midterms are over and we survived! Of course, I haven't gotten most of my scores back yet, so survived may or may not be the correct term. Half of my midterms fell between our Corsica trip and my fall break. My last two midterms took place after fall break. Essentially, midterms were plaguing my mind for three weeks.
Swiss Cheese, Swiss Chocolate & Swiss Alps
This past week was exam week and luckily, my only exam was on Tuesday morning providing a nice open window of time for traveling. So my friend and I decided to use this opportunity to head to Switzerland! As much as I love living in the city and appreciate how flat the landscape is for biking, I had been really missing the mountains that I am surrounded by at my home school. So what better cure than a getaway to the home of one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world: The S
True Tell All of Living in a Homestay
Hey guys! I briefly mentioned in my first post that I am living in a homestay, and I've seen that there aren't many posts about living in a homestay abroad, so I figured that I'd fill some of that void by describing my month-and-a-half experience of living abroad.
Parks and Recreation
London is notorious for their cloudy weather. This is true, but the London weather is not at all what I had imagined it to be. Yes, there are most certainly days where it is cloudy and cold and rainy. However, we have also had numerous days where the sun continued to shine from early hours in the morning until it set in the evening.
How To Become A Londoner
When my biggest problem is deciding what to do for the day in London, I have to say I am living a good life.
As my time in London is exactly halfway done, I have learned so much about the British and their lovely home. Everyday I realize just how different this city is from my home in New York. Here is a list of things I found interesting living here for two months:
Tokyo 21
I woke up on the morning of October 5, hoping to be imbued with some sort of divine wisdom of how to Adult™. But sadly, no such epiphany occurred. Instead, all that I realized was that I only had about 50 minutes until my train left the station. So, I dragged myself out of bed and prepared for the two-hour commute to my field placement office.
