In the moment I stepped out of the train and into the city I fell in love. Tokyo has an unbelievable atmosphere and it is extremely modern. I went to Tokyo with my friend Oscar and we visited Chiyoda park where the emperor of Japan lives. We also went to several bonsai parks and saw plenty of temples….
Pre Departure Post- Hong Kong
I am excited to be traveling to Asia for the very first time. I don’t really know what to expect but what I know for sure is that there will be a big difference in culture. This is going to be my third study abroad, so experiencing culture shock is a routine thing for me now….
A New Life
Ciao a tutti! It has been more than a month that I’ve been in Rome and honestly I already feel like I am part of the city. I had no problems adapting to the different culture and I’ve even started to embrace it. I have to say that I was very fortunate to be placed with…
Settling in at QMUL
For the most part the overall journey to London was one of the least stressful travel experiences that I have had. A major part of this easy-going trip was that I wasn’t traveling by myself but with a friend. Along with this bonus we didn’t have a layover or any connecting flights to catch. It…
1 Month In
When I got in the plane to go to France I felt a weird sense of nostalgia, of fear. I started thinking about how it would be like, how I would feel, if I would be able to communicate. I started to stress about living with a host family, I thought “What if they outright…
Drinking
My dear friends, enemies, and those who find themselves somewhere in the middle, today I come to you to add some perspective to your lives. We need to talk about how Greeks (and maybe Europeans in general?) treat alcohol. Before this semester, I was one of those people who had never touched any kind of alcoholic drink….
A Day to Reflect Upon
A Muslim, a Christian, and a Hindu went for a walk. While this might sound like the beginning of a joke or possibly some philosophical conversation in the making, it is actually the beginning of what might possibly be my fondest memory. Recently, the three of us embarked on a lengthy journey through the uncharted…
Walking the Footsteps of History
Last week I embarked on a journey to Munich, Germany. One of the main reasons I wanted to visit this city is because of its location to Dachau, the concentration camp. Dachau was the first concentration camp to be established in 1933 and is one of three camps remaining that still has the original gas…
7 Weeks in Athens!
Wow! Hard to believe I have been in Athens for roughly 7 weeks! It has gone by so fast and so much has happened since my last blog post. In a nutshell: CYA orientation week ended with a school trip to Delphi, I went on a school trip to Crete for 6 days, a day…
Tel Aviv to Paris: Whoa
שלום! Oh so much has happened within the last two months since I departed to Israel until January!! I finished Ulpan (my seven week Hebrew intensive) and am now on a five week break for the Jewish High Holy Days. The first two weeks of my break were extra special because my Mom came to…