Wow has Iceland been incredible!! The land of fire and ice – what a unique place to be studying abroad and studying climate change. The landscape is unlike anything I have ever seen before, especially coming from Florida. There are so few trees, but so many rocks and so much moss covering these rocks. Despite…
Month: October 2017
And then there were two (months)
One month down, and two months to go. This month has been focused on adjusting, to both the country and the school. The first week before classes began was used to get used to Mile End and explore London before academics began. This week was full of ups and downs. The things I had to…
China has been amazing!
It’s already been a little over a month and I already feel like I am a local. Like expected, it was a huge culture shock. One of the hardest aspects of this has definitely been the language barrier. Sometimes I find myself stuck in situations where I can’t understand what the locals are saying, and…
All Things Javanese
All Things Javanese I have been in Indonesia now for a month and a half. I have lived through so much in such short weeks, especially these last two. I left Bali (where my main program site is) to spend 3 weeks in another island, Java. Java is an hour and a half flight from…
There and Back Again
Calling in from across the Pond: It’s officially been a month, a whole four weeks of Londoning, making big mistakes, finding new dear friends, exploring fairy tale towns, trying to look like a local, and eating all the good food possible. A month in, and I still find my draw dropping at certain moments, because I…
Adding Chapters to Our Memoirs
So I like to think of my day-to-day life as the personification of the outline of my future memoir. Don’t think much into it, I’m an English major so I have an excuse to be like this. I am studying in England with my best friend Catherine, and each time we gain some sort of…
I have always wondered
I have always wondered: Why would anyone receive an unknown student into their own homes for almost a semester? Someone who does not speak the language, someone who does not know the city (or even the country), and someone who has done everything of their lives differently at their usual American home. Now imagine when…
First Weekend in Athens!
Yes, yes, that title is accurate and referring to this weekend, and I did arrive in Athens way back at the end of August. But, due to all the required, optional, extra, and self-arranged trips, this has been my first weekend in Athens itself. It was quite nice, and for anyone else thinking of doing…
Macau
Macau is a ferry ride away from Hong Kong. It only takes an hour to get there! Macau was a Portuguese colony up to 1999. The city’s vegetation was a little destroyed when we got there. Unfortunately they recently had a typhoon. Many trees were dry and ripped off the ground. Macau is known for it’s massive Casinos and…
A Taste of Japan
Above is a photo close to the entrance of Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, Japan. There are an abundance of temples, shrines, and other buildings with spectacular architecture but this area is one of the most famous. Not necessarily for this photo but mostly for the thousands of Torii gates as shown at the bottom of…