As I read back at my first post, you can feel the anxiety, worrying and nervousness by the way my tone is. You can tell that study abroad though I was doing it, it wasn’t something that I was so sure of. Now that I have actually done the semester abroad, my mindset has totally…
Author: CBANKS
Leaving soon.. sad face!
As I am in my final week of being in Newcastle, Australia- what I am feeling is the most unexplainable feeling that I have ever felt. It is sort of like that bittersweet feeling that I had before I left america, when leaving to come to Australia. Although I am excited to come home and…
Spring break recap
Spring break in October? I think yes! And it being two weeks?? Absolutely awesome! You can definitely say it was spent tremendously well. The first week of break was spent in Canberra (the capital of Australia). Well first off, I definitely thought the capital was Sydney?? But I guess not! Seeing the capital city was…
Blue Mountains Experience
It’s only 9 o’clock in the morning and what an eventful day it has been already! I woke up, ready to start my regular morning routine as I got out of bed. I look to my right and see something scurry across my room floor, and you’ll bet I was screaming. My roommates run in…
Aussie Update!
G’day Mate! Greetings from Newcastle, Australia. I’ve already been here for a month, time is definitely already flying. What have learned within my month here so far? Australians abbreviate everything and they’re fun and always up for an adventure! The beaches are absolutely breath-taking. It’s so nice being only twenty minutes from the ocean. The…
Thoughts before the Take off
As excited as I was to be spending my fall semester in Australia, as I am approaching my departure date, I am definitely beginning to have second thoughts. Although I know being in this foreign country is going to be the experience of a lifetime, all I can think about is what i will be…
American Identity in Australia
There are many different areas that I identify with, such as being christian, multicultural, a student, a daughter, sister or friend. Often times, there are identities that I forget even exist within me, such as my nationality. Growing up and living as anAamerican has become such a subconscious part of me, often times I forget…