Category: UK: CEA CAPA London

London is a mixing pot of cultures, ethnicities, languages, and experiences. Meanwhile, I grew up in a small suburban town in Central Florida, am Christian, and a white middle-class American. To say I am excited to delve into the ever-expanding cultural palette of London is a vast understatement.  Although I have traveled throughout North America,…

As I’ve mentioned in a previous blog post, this semester in London would mark the first time I’ve gone abroad in over four years. The prospect of living in London alone was something I was quite ecstatic about. Going into this semester I expected to take interesting classes, explore the city on the weekends, make…

When I first discovered that I had been placed at an internship position with Matterport, I didn’t know exactly what to expect as I’d never been very familiar with 3D capture technology companies. Despite this, I was rather excited to know that I would be working with an organization whose clientele hailed from the world…

It wasn’t until I found myself staring at the flight details on my computer screen that it hit me: This would be the first time I’d be leaving the United States in over four years. Four years of an exponentially growing wanderlust finally manifested itself in a rush of unfiltered excitement. Colombia was more than…

When I found out that there was no Thanksgiving break, I was very disappointed. However, when I heard that all of the CAPA students get a week off at the mid-point of the semester I was ecstatic. Some of my roommates and a couple other friends decided to travel around Europe during this week. The…

My first few weeks here in London have been nothing short of exceptional. I have gotten settled in with my roommates and meet my internship team. I am looking forward to what the next few months will look like. Although I have been abroad before, this time will be a truly different experience, mainly because…

I believe with my identity I see the world in a more open-minded manner. Being from Colombia but living for America for the majority of my life, I believe I have a more open-minded perspective. I was raised through two different cultures, emphasizing different values and mentalities. These different values help me see the world…

The halfway point has come and went for my time abroad. It’s crazy to think that I’ve already been living, working, and studying in London for two months. When everyone warns you that it goes by in a blink of an eye they are not exaggerating. Now that it is almost Halloween, the days are…

My daily routine while studying in London seems pretty typical and I feel like I have gotten the hang of how native students spend their days. I have lived in Manhattan several different times so navigating a large city came fairly easy to me. I start my day by commuting to class where I take…

When I decided to study abroad, I knew that I wanted to travel outside of London a bit to experience other cultures in the U.K. and in Europe.  I had hoped to find a friend or two that would like to travel with me as well so that I wouldn’t be in unknown places by…