I can not help to feel frustrated with the crisis the world is facing right now. My semester was cut too short and we are all close to helpless in trying to rectify the situation. In my first post, I wrote about how I found that I did not have enough time to say goodbye…
Category: Australia: TEAN at Newcastle
A month into Newcastle
It has now been almost a month in Newcastle and while my first week in Cairns was magical and so many things from my bucket list were checked off, life in Newcastle has been something else. It’s crazy to look back at my notes I wrote to myself in the first few days being here…
Pre Departure – Newcastle, Australia
I am a few days away from arriving to my next adventure. With each passing day here in my hometown of Orlando, I have come to realize that in reality there is not enough time in each day. I have tried to relish each moment with my friends and family while still preparing everything I…
Finally Home and I Know Less than I Did Before
Now that my abroad experience has come to an end, I can undoubtedly say that personal identities have an impact on how one experiences the world. In my pre-departure blog post, I assumed that this was the case, but I had no idea to what extent this was true and in with facets of life…
A Lesson Learned
Tough things happen. Sometimes they are out of your control, sometimes you only have yourself to blame. Regardless of the circumstance, crummy life events are a recurring test of intrinsic morale. That is something I have always struggled with, having trouble not finding self-blame in situations outside of my control. This is to say that,…
Final Post
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…
a final see you later.
I really did not want to leave Australia at all. If I spend the holidays over here alone I would have been content. I miss it so much already, and I miss being on my own in practically a whole new world. Studying abroad has been literally the best thing I have ever done in…
coming to an end, but more like a new beginning
It is a strange feeling being done with school in early November, something I have never experienced. I have a full two months off before classes start back up at Rollins. I am going to miss everything here, my life, my friends, and just being gone from home. I haven’t really left the US ever…
Daily Routine here in Aussie
Being in Australia has given me the opportunity to have a daily routine (of sorts) that I can confidently say is incredibly different from my daily routine back in the states. In regard to shopping for groceries, to be completely honest, it was one of my least favorite things to do. The reason I found…
The End of an Era
This blog post is the hardest one to write. I am leaving my newfound love, a country that took me in and gave me a home. Australia has been the place of my dreams, giving me new friends for a lifetime. I was so gut-wrenchingly nervous for my departure, and months later I am just…