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The IES trip to Okinawa was four days and three nights packed with amazing activities and good food, and I could write volumes about everything we did on there. To spare you the long-winded explanation, I’ll summarize most of what we did and write more extensively on one or two things from each day.
The last major stop on our trip was to Mount Cook- New Zealand’s highest peak. We camped at Mount Cook village, woke up to the sunlight coming over the mountains, and got to see some incredible views from our morning hike. (Make sure to click and open the panoramic shot below)
Heading back to Christchurch we were surrounded by mountains the majority of the way. We made a stop at Mt. John observatory, where the views looked like something from another planet. Honestly, I could not get enough of those beautiful mountains.
Sometimes, I use a real camera! Here in Buenos Aires, I live in a dorm with students from all over Argentina, Spain and Latin America.A friend from Venezuela, Roma, studies fashion production here in Buenos Aires and got me on board with her to create this collection. Roma styled and directed this shoot for one of her courses. The idea was a modernized take on the 30′s. Her friends from school stepped in as the model and did the make up and another girl from the dorm helped us out with test shots.
It’s been a month since I left Ecuador, and my transition back to this coastal Maine town has been remarkably easy. The semester abroad was the farthest physical and cultural step I’ve taken away from home, and so it was a very reflective time, four months to look at everything I’ve ever known from a far-away perspective. Now home with that fresh perspective, I look at my friends and family with a new appreciation for everything I’ve always loved about them. Rather than resenting them for not understanding the world I’ve been livin
Vijf Vignettes
114: Days studying abroad in Barcelona
5: Classes taken (travel writing, photography, food culture, Spanish and Historia y Evolución de España y Europa)
1: Awesome Serbian journalist roommate
79: Age of my quirky host mother
4: European articles of clothing purchased (Mango sweater, LCF leather jacket, H&M scarf, H&M sweater)
3: Number of times someone tried to pickpocket me
0: Number of times someone pickpocketed me
10: Pounds gained
It’s hard to believe it has been over a year since I studied abroad in Ireland, but not a day goes by that I don’t think about my incredible experience there.
