On the 15th of February, I left America and made the seven hour plane ride to Iceland. Exactly a month later, on the 15th of March, I was back at my house in Colorado. While I was only gone for a month, I had the opportunity to experience many different things in both Iceland and…
Category: SIT Study Abroad
2 weeks in Iceland
I’ve only been in Iceland since February 15th. It’s been just about two weeks since I’ve been here, yet it feels like a lifetime. I’ve met some really great people on my program, and we have already had so many adventures together! Right when we got off of the plane, we relaxed in the Blue…
Pre-departure to Iceland
To say that I am excited to study abroad in Iceland would be an understatement. I cannot wait get on the plane, and travel for 7+ hours to reach my destination. This unique chance to study abroad is an opportunity that many do not have the option nor the desire to do. For me, this…
And just like that, my time in Jordan is over
I am currently sitting on an Oman Air flight from Muscat, Oman to Casablanca, Morocco, officially marking the end of my semester study abroad period in Jordan. It is crazy to think that three months and a half ago I was sitting on my flight to Amman starting a blog the same way; it feels…
An internship in Jordan… and the end is near
I’m currently in the last part of my study abroad program in Jordan, which involves me partaking in a full-time internship instead of taking classes. I’m a research intern at NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions, a research, polling, and consultancy firm established and headquartered in Amman. The institution consists on a group of experts taking action…
My experience in the United Arab Emirates
My study abroad experience is based in Jordan, but it includes an international excursion component. The topic of my program is “Geopolitics, International Relations, and the Future of the Middle East,” and in my case the international excursion was to the United Arab Emirates. The purpose behind it was to gain a different perspective on…
Oh, Amman…
Oh, Amman, how do I even begin to describe you? There is no way some paragraphs, an essay, or a whole encyclopedia can do you justice. Each day I spend in your city limits brings something new intermingled in the fabric of everydayness. From the towering minarets rising from a sea of small beige buildings,…
Jordan Pre-Departure
As I sit here on a Qatar Airways flight heading to Amman, Jordan with a layover in Doha, Qatar, I can’t help think back to one of the main reasons why I chose to study abroad: to challenge myself; to change me. It’s not that I don’t like who I am, it’s just that, in…
Love Letter to ISP: A Closing Reflection
The last five or six weeks of my time abroad could be described as a whirlwind in which my schedule, hectic even for SIT’s standards, hardly allowed me the time to pause and reflect on the enormity of all I had experienced and learned and how quickly my time in Chile was coming to an…
New Suns
As I begin to write my final post for the spring semester of 2018, I snack on a ginger and mint smoothie bowl at Banan in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ginger and mint you might wonder? It’s a delicious juxtaposition. I decided to extend my layover in Hawaii to two days. I was hoping for peaceful relaxation,…