Wow, what a week! After exploring Santa Cruz Island more, going to Floreana Island and ending the week with four amazing dives, I am happy and exhausted. I savored the moments and I now feel like going back to the US in a week wont be as hard.
Last Sunday I participated in the performance art piece Hamish Fulton did in collaboration with Modern Art Oxford. It took place on a narrow footpath behind Christ Church. Volunteer performers and Fulton himself lined up along both sides of the road, evenly spaced out so that one would be standing at the midpoint of the distance between the two people on the opposite side.
Budapest, Hungary
How do I love Hungary? Let me count the ways:
1. The Heroes' Square is one of the most stunning plazas I've been to in all of Europe. It's a true monument to important figures in Hungary's history, and its sheer size was astounding. It's even beautiful at night, since all the monuments are lit up and shine like the glorious sights they are.
Vienna, Austria
As a fan of cheap alliteration and the word penultimate, we have sadly come to the penultimate post I will be making. As I've spent the semester focusing on what I've been doing in and around London I thought I could use this post to give a little highlight of my time spent further abroad. As is a big part of any study abroad program, I didn't spend every weekend in London. I also made my way to Barcelona, Prague, and spent a week after the program in Venice, Florence, and Rome.
A bit more of my last bout of travelling, this stop, Amsterdam. While in Amsterdam I got to travel to Keukenoff to see the tulip fields/gardens, and spent a lot of time walking around the city with my friend Tara as a tour guide, who is studying there for the semester. The city was beautiful and we had great weather for the whole trip. I got to try some native dutch cuisine, dutch pancakes, which were incredible.
These past couple of weeks have been pretty crazy! While battling a cold, I had three exams in Japanese to study for, as well as two additional research papers to write. Golden week is just a few days away and with it being so warm, I would had much rather been outside than inside studying.
A friend of mine who, like his fellow third years, had stayed in college revising for their final exam, envied that many visiting students, including yours truly, had been traveling the entire break.
The term ended on last Friday (eta: March 13).