After 4 amazing months in this beautiful country, I’m down to my last week abroad. Sadly, I will not be spending my last week here in Ireland, but in Madrid and Paris. Either way it’ll be the last 7 days that I spend on this side of the world for a while but I can…
Month: May 2016
One Week Home
After being home for a week, I have now had sufficient time to reflect on my study abroad experience. Adjusting to real life has truly been a bittersweet experience. Although there were many things I missed about the US and my home, I am now dealing with the missing my new found second home, Athens….
VERANO ESPAÑOL 2016 Pt. 1
I really love learning about religious tradition, especially when it borders on the folkloric, so I was mesmerized by the story of Saint Mary’s visit to the Cathedral of Toledo. According to tradition, the Virgin came down to honor a priest who had sacrificed his cloak to the needy, gifting him with a hand-embroidered robe. In the hundreds of…
See You Soon, Athens!
I’m home. It feels strange to call any place other than my little apartment in Athens home now, but this is it. Coming back home has been difficult, moreso than adjusting to my home abroad was. Little things like going to the store and not bagging my own groceries, the severe lack of Greek food,…
Home sweet Home
It’s been two weeks since I left Nepal. I sat on a plane for 5 hours then hopped back on another plane for another 14 hour flight, which was sort of awful because the guy next to me kept cuddling on my shoulder like we were friends…. But I made it through. As soon as…
Studying Spanish in Madrid!
Thus far, my experience studying in Spain has been more fun than I could have imagined. I’ve managed to make new friends, venture to places I had never heard of, and learn the Spanish language. However, my most favorite experience so far has been our recent day trip to Toledo, Spain. The ancient city is…
Post Japan: One day ago was Japan and I’m already starting to miss it
Apart from Ramen that I enjoy to the bottom of my heart, I left a lot of things in Japan, including but not limited to my favorite ceramic pieces and many friendships that ended in a see you again rather than a bye bye. The hardest thing was to realize that I will not be…
Final Countdown
Well, finals are done and classes are officially over and I am now a week out from going home. It’s weird knowing that these are my final days in Japan. I feel like I’ve done a lot, but then I feel like I haven’t even scratched the surface. There are so many things I’d still…
Saying Au Revoir
It took a while to really have time to reflect on the months in France. There is so much to process and sift through. The final week of being in France blew by, between all the work that was assigned to us and all the exams we had, I was a ball of stress. My…
That Kiwi Humo(u)r
About two weeks ago I went to an Improv Show at the Fortune Theatre downtown in the Octagon with my study abroad group. Before the show we had delicious desserts at Nova (probably the best tiramisu I’ve ever had!), then we headed over to the theatre. I’ve been to comedy shows at SAK comedy club…