Like my school work, I left my packing to the very last second. For a few weeks my fellow Paris peers have been texting and posting about packing, which probably should have been a good hint that I should start. Unfortunately I did not take the hint and I continued to ignore the signs. Last…
Taken from before we left
In addition to this blog, I’ve been keeping a written journal of my experiences this semester. I like the intimacy that comes with actually writing down my thoughts, it helps me meditate on my feelings. I’m taking a bit from journal while I was in the airport on 8-27. “Leaving Dad back at security was…
Auf Wiedersehen, America!
The papers were signed, the plane was booked, and with less than a week until I left, everything was going great! It was my last day of work for the summer, and I had quite the stumble. I broke my elbow, got two stiches in my lip, and scraped up my knee up. This posed…
Au Revoir, Hurricane Irma, Bonjour, Paris! Well, hopefully.
Well, it is almost that time! After spending a very long summer working retail, doing some accounting on the side, and trying my hand at aerial silks circus classes, I am very ready to board a plane and fly to Paris and begin the study abroad experience! And if we’re being very honest, it will…
One Week Through And Loving It!
Hey, Shanelle here! I’ve been in Japan for a little over a week now, and it has been an amazing experience so far! Last week, we had orientation for school, but whenever I had the time, I wandered around exploring the area. As of now, I have been to the Shin Sekai Market, the Pokemon…
Waffles and Dead Presidents
For my first article assignment, I traveled to Ford’s Theatre, the historic location where John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. I originally had planned to write about the theatre as a modern tourist attraction. However, the notes I took while touring the site bored me, and if the story notes bored me, I knew the…
Kill Two Birds with One Journal
Procrastination is the bane of my existence, and while no magic bullet can solve it, a bullet journal might. My sophomore year at Rollins, my English grammar professor Dr. Forsythe taught my classmates and me the therapeutic effects of visual art. Instead of outlining an essay for him in writing, he asked us to draw…
Before I leave
Since I was a little kid i love to travel. I live going to new places and seeing new things. Obviously I have never traveled with the purpose of studying. It is a new experience for me, something I have never done before but something I always wanted to do. Studying abroad in France. Now…
La Belleza De España
*English begins in fourth paragraph* Estaba tan cansada después del vuelo y lo que sucedió con mi equipaje que, por un momento, me olvide mi español casi completamente. Cuando llegue al hostel donde me quedaría por dos días en Madrid, la recepcionista me pregunto para mi reservación. Yo, pensaba que ella estaba ofreciéndome una cerveza,…
A Star is Born
Anxious. Excited. Exhausted. Those three words describe how I was feeling right before I left my sweet little beach town of Naples, FL to the bustling metropolis of Athens, Greece. I said goodbye to my sisters and pets then hopped in the car to Miami where all I could do was blow a kiss to…