Category: UK: Queen Mary Univ

It has now been nearly two weeks since I arrived at QMUL and it has been nearly five weeks since arriving in Europe. Since I was unaware of the blog requirements I failed to complete a pre-departure blog. However, this unique situation allows me to reflect on how I felt before departing in retrospect. As…

So I have officially been living in London for over a week now and it has been incredible, but definitely an adjustment. The jet lag itself was hard to overcome and took me a few days to completely get used to, but the culture shock was another story. Servers and store employees check up on…

After months of preparation, it is finally time for me to leave for London. To be completely frank, I am very nervous; I’ve never been out the country, but it has always been a dream of mine to travel to Europe’s biggest cities–especially London. I am confident that I have made the right decisions in…

After what feels like years of preparation, the time has finally come to leave the country for three whole months and experience life in England.  I feel like I have been waiting an eternity for this moment and could not be more excited.  Is it sad that before my plane has left the ground, I…

Now that I am back in the United States, I am missing my time abroad. Studying abroad was an amazing experience that I feel very lucky to have been able to have. The amount of things you can learn about history through experience has been incredible to me. I feel like I learned so much…

I went to Dublin over the weekend. It was my first time in Ireland so I wasn’t too sure what to expect. My first thought of Dublin was that the layout of the city was very similar to that of Boston’s. I was able to see the original structure and traditions from which my hometown…

This past weekend I went to a Christmas Market. I was so excited because my favorite holiday is Christmas, and I love all the lights and music, so I get really excited to do anything Christmassy. We went to the Winter Wonderland Christmas market in Hyde Park, and it was fun to walk around and…

Queen Mary University holds a reading week once every semester. During this week, there were no classes which gave me an opportunity to travel. I went to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The first thing I noticed in Amsterdam was the architecture. The main train station in Amsterdam was grandiose like a museum. It seemed as though most…

Last week was reading week, and I went to Barcelona and Rome. Some of the places I visited in Barcelona were La Sagrada Famalia, the Cathedral, Park Guell, and Casa Milia. The architecture in Barcelona was amazing to see. It was incredible to see the amount of detail that goes into the buildings. I did…

One of the most interesting areas in London is Shoreditch. It is a thirty minute walk from my campus. I enjoy going there because it is very different from the usual places that people are accustomed to in London. Shoreditch is a trendy area with a unique style and atmosphere. It is in the north of…