When I signed up for an internship with IES Internships, the most I was hoping for was an internship that would stand out on my resume.

After finally getting settled in over the weekend, we started off the week with a tour of University of Cape Town and got kitted up with the university apparel.

Every once in a while, it's healthy to have a good laugh at yourself. Luckily for me, those experiences haven't been hard to come by since I've been in Berlin.

We have a midterm tomorrow, so I’ve spent a lot of this weekend studying Spanish grammar.  It’s made me think that describing the recent past in any romantic language could become exceedingly difficult.  Without enough distance from a past event, it’s hard to have enough perspective to choose the verb form that best conveys the meaning.  One might not always know the answers to the key questions used to pick a verb form:  Is the event still ongoing or is it over completely?  How does it affect the present and future?  I

Writing this last and final post has been overwhelming, there’s so much to touch on and I don’t want to leave out any useful information for anyone who’s deciding whether or not to study abroad.

I'm short of being a seasoned traveler, but the quick pace of this program and jet setting to a new city every few weeks has me feeling like I've mastered the whole system. In Paris, I carried my Metro map with me everywhere, frantically checking and double checking to make sure I was headed on the right train in the right direction. Now that I'm in my third city and navigating my third metro system, I need only glance at the map to confirm that I'm going where I need to.

Last weekend, I explored Brick Lane Market. It was a long alleyway full of bright colors, delicious smells, and antique shops. It made me think of a festival we had back home in Minnesota known as the Festival of Nations. It’s a festival that celebrates cultures from all over the world with food stands, shopping booths, art, activities, and performances. Brick Lane Market has that kind of atmosphere every day, and from what I’ve observed, is pretty representative of the diversity in London.