I’m a junior majoring in Screenwriting and I am about to go abroad for the first time in my life. The farthest I’ve been outside of my own country is Canada and that was when I was four years old, so I really don’t know what to expect. I have been doing my best to…
Queen Mary Pre-Study Abroad Post
Greetings to all of you who are or will be following my blog over the course of this semester! Before I say too much, allow me to give you a little background. My name is Peter Schaefer, and I am currently a senior who is pursuing a degree in economics. I am from just outside…
An Uncomplicated Guide to Snoring Roommates
All roommates have a fear: that their roommate will have that horrific quality, that mortifying condition. It goes by many names: the death rattle, the midnight muffler, the suffocating storm, but most people know it by its usual gerund: snoring. No matter how much people love their roommate, they may find snoring the relationship killer,…
QMUL Blog Entry 1: Pre-Departure Blog
In the Spring semester of 2017 I had made the choice to go and study abroad in the following semester, Fall 2017. The next major decision was to figure out where in the world I exactly wanted to go. So I sat down with my advisor and proposed my idea to go and study elsewhere,…
The Week Before London
Hello Readers, I will be studying abroad at Queen Mary in London, UK. It’s always been my dream to live in London and I shall finally be fulfilling it this semester. I’m very excited about living on campus at the university. I’ve known other friends studying abroad that had to live in apartment complexes 20-30…
En Route to Dublin
Hello Letters to America readers! I am writing to you from a brightly lit, corner seat in the JFK International Airport in New York City. In a few hours, I will board a plane to Dublin, Ireland and begin my study abroad journey. This is my first blog ~ever~, so bear with me. I write…
Mid Semester Break- Samoa
For my mid semester break or spring break over here in NZ, me and 4 of my friends went on an adventure to Samoa. We stayed in the lithia sini beach fales for 7 days (fales means hut) and it was absolutely beautiful. We went all over the island and saw so many great places….
Packing and Re-Packing
Tetris. That’s what packing everything felt like this morning as I prepare for my French adventure. I had finally gotten everything zipped into my suitcase (something that proved to be far from easy). I was finally packed and ready to go…or so I thought. I thought it would be a good idea to weigh my…
New City, New Hairstyle…New Me?
So I’ve decided to cut my hair… He decidido cortar mi pelo. Tengo tres razones principales para esto. La primera es debido al clima. Cada día tengo que caminar hasta la academia donde me enseñan español, y el camino es mas o menos 30 minutos. En Oviedo la clima no es tan caloroso (en realidad…