Author: jzaidman@rollins.edu

Australia is a beautiful country full of surprises. Before I visited, people used to tell me Australia was vey similar to the U.S. and I would not be experiencing a different culture. To those people I say, ‘it is clear you have never visited the country’. Australians are the most laid back, multi cultured, open…

Two weeks ago the Rollins group at Australia went for a long weekend to Byron Bay. We did a bunch of different activities while we were there including snorkeling, surfing, touristing, and eating. This little town known as Byron is beautiful. It is a laid back town where back packers go to forget about the…

So I just realized the countdown started. I thought the fist two months in Australia went by fast, but now time is just flying. I have 7 weeks left in this beautiful place and its hard to decide what to do and what to leave behind since I am running short on time. Anyways, the…

It is amazing to see how fast time goes by when you are abroad. I’ve been in Australia for two months already and only have two months left before I go back to Venezuela. As I enter the mid semester, the uni (as Aussies call it) has been getting pretty tough. The work load has…

As a kid, I never knew what the word job really meant. For me it was nothing more than a broad term only adults could handle. A few years go by and I find myself in Australia, the other corner of the world, about to have my first job interview with the CEO of a…

Before I came to Sydney, I made my own bucket list adding all the places I had to visit and all the new foods I had to try. As soon as I landed in Sydney, that was the first huge thing I crossed from my list, “Make it to Sydney!”. In the time I’ve been…

A few weeks have passed, and I feel more than settled in this beautiful city. The English/ Australian accent is no trouble anymore, I can handle the slang, and I already know the transport system like the back of my hand! Two weeks ago we (TEAN group) went surfing to Bondi Beach which was an…

Since I boarded the plane in Caracas, Venezuela, I knew there was a huge adventure in front of me, specially since getting to Sydney did not take 1, but 2 days of flying around South America. So I finally get to Sydney, and the first thing that amazes me is how friendly and energetic the…

I was very exited when I first found out I was going to study at Rollins College in the United States. Being born and raised in Venezuela, I never expected to have the opportunity to live outside my country away form my family and friends. In the beginning, it was very tough to be away…