And just like that, my time in London has come to a close. Although my experience in this amazing city was cut short, I was still able to make the most of this study abroad opportunity. I had many times of achievement, but also faced a lot of challenges. The biggest that stands out to…
Tag: Spring 2020
Adios For Now Madrid
Although it is unfortunate I had to return to the United States early due to the effects of coronavirus, I still had the most incredible five weeks in Madrid. I am very grateful that I had a chance to experience this and hope to return to Europe again sometime in the future. Apart from the…
Embracing the Sad of No Trinidad
I learned a lot throughout my semester in this Global Service Learning class. First and foremost, I have gained an understanding about expectations versus reality. As March began, I was frantically preparing my supplies for my trip to Trinidad and buying sunscreen and bug wipes on Amazon. Just a couple days later, I was lying…
Never Really Over
Although I am no longer living in Sydney, Australia, the semester is far from over. Despite unprecedented circumstances, there are still responsibilities to uphold amongst challenges to overcome. The transition home and into a remote learning model was not necessarily a smooth process, but it was a necessary adjustment which helped me put the experience…
Goodbye for Now, Sydney
Like many other students studying abroad this spring, my semester in Sydney, Australia was tragically cut short due to the harsh effects of COVID-19. I had just woken up to attend my internship like any other Thursday morning when I received a flood of text messages and emails from peers and officials from the university…
Scheduling in Sydney: The Challenge of Prioritizing My Time
Though my time in Sydney, Australia has been some of the most exciting months of my life, this did not come without cultural adjustments and the challenge of adapting to a foreign environment. This semester, in addition to going to class, I am working at a market research company called Snooper where I function as…
Beating the “Bali Belly”
Over the course of the last eight weeks, I have experienced days of varying difficulty, causing me to always have to be ready to face whatever challenge materialized. While the greatest challenge thus far has been coping with the issues regarding COVID-19, the reason I am writing this post back in the United States, there…
Arrivederci Firenze
Ciao, this is my final blog post on my experiences in Florence, Italy. I am extremely sad that my program was cut short because of the corona virus, but I will cherish the time I got in Italy forever. It is heart breaking to see how different Italy is now (and the rest of the…
My New Home Away From Home
Before I answer the questions for our last blog post of the semester, I wanted to look back at these last two months. This has been, by far, the best experience of my life, and I feel it has matured me more than I could have imagined. The perspective that this trip has given me…
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