This past month cannot even be put into words. It crazy to reflect back and realize I have officially been here for a month now. It feels as if I just arrived yesterday afternoon. Little did I know prior to my departure that a country would be capable of stealing a piece of my heart…
Category: Australia: TEAN at Sydney
Blog Post #2
This past weekend I had orientation for my program (TEAN) in Cairns, Australia. I had a lot of mix feelings at this point between the jet lag, missing home, and the nerves of meeting all of these new people I will be spending the next few months with. However, the jet lag quickly became worth…
Update Downunder
I feel like this Australia update is more like a life update. Here we go… In my first trip to OZ back in 2012, my family and I visited Sydney for a week, and this mini-vacation formulated my perceptions of the city. Even after having lived and explored here (literally in downtown Syd) for 4…
Blog Post #3
As the semester here is coming to a close, I figured that I would just reflect on my semester here and the experiences that I’ve had and the differences between studying in America (and specifically Rollins) and studying in Australia. The first thing that I noticed from classes at least, is that compared to the…
Mid-Semester Break
Mid-semester break had finally come around, which meant Max, Tiarnach and I had two weeks free to do whatever we wanted in Australia. We got some recommendations from friends and even a few professors of ours on where the best place to travel to would be, and ended up deciding to take an hour-long train…
Australia: First week of school
So, aside from the several other cultural differences you’d expect and experience anywhere in a different country from your own, one thing that has stood out among the rest is the respect that Australians pay to the aboriginal and indigenous peoples native to Australia. Without fail, before the beginning of each class lecture, or speech…
AUSTRALIA
Traveling to a place and living within a place are different experiences entirely. Travelling to places for short periods of time and being a tourist, although valuable, doesn’t really give you a holistic view of the space you inhabit. For instance, when I arrived in Australia, in Melbourne, I was a tourist. Most of my…
I wish procrastination was a marketable skill: Pre-Departure Post
I wanted to go to Australia because I figured that if I didn’t go now then it probably wouldn’t be at the top of my list of places to go when I got older. And as I’ve talked to people about my upcoming trip they have all affirmed that Australia is a place that they…
Australia Blog Post 4
I am about to leave australia and I am so happy with this semester. I have a hard time putting it into words, how I feel about this trip and what i’ve learned and experienced without it sounding cliche. I made so many friends and did so many fun things I never thought I would…