Although my study aboard program in London was cut short due to the pandemic, I will cherish the short time I had in London. I am so thankful I experienced so much in a short time and I felt really got the most out of my London trip.I felt my different identities were very helpful…
Month: April 2020
A Whirlwind Of Emotions.
I have been home for almost 3 weeks now and I am just now starting to adjust back to my life here in America. As almost every student says that studies abroad, it has changed my life drastically. In just three short months I had made connections with my internship, my professors, and new friends…
Goodbye Australia!!!
I am saying goodbye to this amazing country where I was able to call home for the (almost) two months I was there. Thinking about my thoughts before I came here, I can now say that everything went as expected. I did not have any problems making friends. The opposite happened. I made these huge…
Returning “Home”
Returning home from London a month early was extremely difficult in a variety of aspects. I went home without having done a lot of things I had planned to do, and in turn, made me more grateful for the time and opportunities that I had been given during the program as it was a valuable…
My Last Day of Normalcy
The day before finding out our program in Rome was cancelled, I spent the morning in Villa Doria Pamphili. A park on the west side of the city, only a 10-minute tram ride from my apartment, Villa Pamphili became my ‘happy place’ after my very first visit. On that Friday morning, walking to my usual…
Life After Lots of Tea
I had the opportunity to study abroad. It is phrase that most times comes with amazing stories and positivity. It is something that will always be a part of my time at Rollins. It hard to know how my perceptions have changed given the way it all ended. I can say that it was an…
Blog #4 – Back to Reality
I started my first blog post on this site with “As I sit at home in Miami writing this, I am filled with shock and excitement.” It seems an appropriate way to begin this blog post too. I am back in Miami. I feel shock. I don’t feel excitement. I do feel at peace though….
Long Live London !
When I had first planned on going to London, I knew that I would meet so many people, but not just other people like me, ones from all over the country and the word that all had different backgrounds than I have. I was prepared to meet them, but never expected to get so close…
Final Blog Post about studying abroad in Japan
One week after returning from Japan, I started to think about how my perceptions changed after this exciting living experience. Before I came to Japan, I already learned that there were certain implicit rules in Japanese society such as no phone calls, eating or drinking in public. However, when I actually came to Japan, I…
Comparing the Experience to the Assumption
Coming home so suddenly from being abroad was a shock, as I’m sure it was for most students. I am grateful however, for the time that I did get to spend in another country. I want to talk a little about my learning experience abroad compared with what I had been expecting beforehand. I was…