Category: Australia: TEAN at Sydney

The past 2-3 weeks have been quite rainy. We’ve been watching a lot of movies & TV shows like Lord of The Rings trilogy, and Westworld to name a few. I can’t believe it’s already been over a month since I came to Australia. During Orientation Week joined a few clubs, such as the IT…

Blog Post 1 – February, 22 2017 Alrighty! So, I may have forgotten to blog before I left Turkey, oops! So I am writing this at a coffee shop called Lotus Story near Urbanest Sydney Central, which is where I am living this semester. Sydney~ After 20 something hours of flying, and a 5-6 hour…

It has been a little since I got back from my time abroad and I can definitely say things have been harder than expected. When leaving, I cried my eyes out for hours. Leaving my home stay family was so hard! They made my time abroad so it was very hard to leave them! I…

Australia is a beautiful country full of surprises. Before I visited, people used to tell me Australia was vey similar to the U.S. and I would not be experiencing a different culture. To those people I say, ‘it is clear you have never visited the country’. Australians are the most laid back, multi cultured, open…

My birthday was this week!! Oh gosh did a lot happen. First, my best friend here, Tiffany, showed up at my house as two sets of flowers arrived from my family from home AND my friend from home, Aaron. She started screaming and singing to me “happy birthday” and put a crown and a “21”…

This weekend was Surf Camp Australia. I was originally set to go with the University of Sydney’s group, but I chose to change my weekend so I could branch out and meet other people. My friend from Germany, Freddie, happened to be there the same weekend! We immediately started making friends with other surfers. We…

I cannot believe that I am almost done with my study abroad experience. I am actually in a state of shock by how quickly it has gone by. I have made some amazing friends and have had the most amazing time in Australia. My last week is consisting of balancing studying and enjoying time with…

To get away from school work and stress, my home stay sister, Molly and my grand big from Delta Zeta that lives here now, Christine  and I decided to do a girls weekend. It took us absolutely forever to figure out a place to go to. We just wanted to get away for the weekend…

11/7/2015- Grace visited me last week!! It was such an amazing time! It was so wonderful to see a familiar face and be able to see someone I’m so close with. I gave her the full tourist experience, or at least as much of an experience as possible with the terrible weather. I took her…

I called my mom the other day crying- not because I was homesick but because I do not want to leave Australia!! I am working on convincing my family to move here so I never have to leave. Being here has really changed me as a person for the better. Some things are little- like…