Author: awong@rollins.edu

And just like that my adventure has come to an end. I cannot believe that I am already home, it feels like just yesterday I was just getting ready to leave. Where did the past 4 months go?! Although it was the best semester of my life, it was a long time to be away…

Woah were did the past four months go!? I can’t believe I am getting ready to wrap up the best semester of my life. For any one questioning studying abroad, don’t question it, just do it. Do it all. It’s worth being a little behind in classes and having to play catch up when you…

After being in Spain for almost two months, I think to myself I must be close to being fluent by now, right? My teachers, host mom, and family told me “after the first month your Spanish will have improved tremendously and you’ll be basically fluent!” Yet I still feel like I have a long way…

5 weeks in and I feel like I just got here. These five weeks have been filled of adjustment. From adjusting to the time change, living with a new family, the food, the eating schedule, the culture, and the language, I now sometimes forget I am in an entirely different country. Getting through the first…

Here we go, today’s the day!! I can’t believe its finally here. When people would ask where I was going after having to try to explain to them where Oviedo is, when I barely knew myself, they would always follow up with “are you nervous?”. My immediate response would be, “no not at all”. I…