Category: UK: Lancaster Univ

England has been a time. Being abroad is truly an awesome, amazing experience, but school-wise, everything feels a so different from what I’m used to. Most of my days are spent waking up late, grabbing coffee and sometimes a sandwich as I brace the cold on the way to an afternoon class, and then alternating…

So, I made it to Lancaster University, suitcase somehow in hand. I waited a mere ten minutes at the baggage carousel in the Manchester Airport before my blue-tagged, purple bag came down the shoot, and I felt an instant sense of relief. That relief somehow stayed with me as I caught a train to the Lancaster…

Note: This blog post was originally written as I left the U.S., but due to a variety of complications involving airport wi-fi (and several other things, as the post describes), it was not submitted as expected. I’ll wait to write this blog until I’m waiting in the airport, I told myself all summer. It’ll probe all those…

As my last week in Lancaster was approaching, I was expecting a full week of hard goodbyes and tons of end of term work. But on my last weekend, a massive storm hit the northwest coast of England leaving the town and the university without power. Despite the storm and no power, I had a…

These past couple of weeks have been crazy! I have traveled to the Lake District, Manchester, Bath, and back to London. But now that school is coming to close, the workload is picking up… exponentially. While I have been here, I have become good friends with a Shakespeare fanatic-Michaela. She has introduced me to a…

So this week is the 5th week in the 10 week fall term and I can’t believe how time is just going. I have done so much since I arrived and I there are so many more adventures to come! Most recently, I’ve gone back to London and to Manchester. While both are some of…

So my term at Lancaster has officially begun. Classes are different here and it will take sometime to adjust, but overall, I like it. Just within the first week I was able to notice the difference between the two education systems. I have come to realize that the political science classes in America focus extensively…

What an experience the past couple of weeks have been! I have traveled around Europe and have been to some of the most incredible places in the world. As a very inexperienced traveler, what astonished me most was the fact that each country had is own distinct culture yet was so geographically close. While you…

My first class is over! Tomorrow, I will leave for a backpacking tour around Europe with one of the girls I met here. We are starting our adventure in London. Then we are off to Basel, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam, and finally Liverpool. These next two weeks have been incredibly difficult to plan, but with the…

I am entering my final week in the Lancaster University International Summer Programme. While I am excited to take a break, this class has been so incredibly informative and I have met some amazing people. When I first arrived, I did not have a single clue as to what to expect out of this course,…