I cannot believe that a day from now I will be in a plane flying over the Atlantic. I know it sounds cliche, but I can’t believe this is actually happening. My bags are packed (very tightly), my tickets have been bought for months now, and I’ve said goodbye to everyone expect my family. I’ve…
Roma
My name is Lily Goodlive, and I am heading into my senior year. I am majoring in International Business and minors in economics and Spanish. I am very excited to spend another semester abroad! I am currently sitting at the airport waiting to board my flight to Rome. I spent the fall semester of 2016…
Ciao America
Today starts the long journey from Florida to Roma. I will be in Rome until December 15, so a little over 100 days. This will be my second study abroad program that I’ve done, so I am not nervous about going over seas again. Prior to this study abroad, I went last fall semester in…
Pre-departure to Athens, Greece!
Hello! My name is Paulina Martinez, a history and religion major, and I’ll be studying abroad in Athens, Greece in the upcoming semester. I’m originally from Mexico, but have lived internationally my whole life, so the experience of starting new in a foreign country is somewhat familiar. That said, I am unusually nervous, whilst excited…
And, I’m Off…
Wooh, and Yikes, and Wow, and (insert random, probably applicable emotion here). Finally, I’m on my way to Greece. Not my first flight, nor my first international flight, nor my first flight without my family, nor even my first flight to the Old World. However, it is my first trip to Greece in particular, the…
Athens Pre-departure Post
I leave tomorrow morning (8/27) for Athens, Greece to spend the fall semester at CYA (College Year in Athens). I’ve been anticipating this day ever since I filled out my study abroad application in February and the day has almost come! I am writing this post while sitting on the train to the palace of Versailles…
Greetings! I’m Oakley, a student from Rollins College double majoring in international business and Asian studies. Last fall, I studied in Shanghai at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. This summer, I studied at Peking University in Beijing. I, unexpectedly, came home for about six days before my program with Kansai Gaidai in Japan…
Not all studying
Today marks the end of a weekend getaway to Melbourne that began on Thursday afternoon after leaving my Biology lab. Tomorrow morning I’ll be flying back to Sydney and taking a train from there to Newcastle, to begin the week anew on Monday. An integral part of the study abroad experience, and the part I…
New Zealand Study Abroad: Halfway There!
It’s crazy to think that the semester is already halfway over! It feels like just yesterday I was getting off the plane in Auckland from that 12 hour flight and adjusting to the time difference. I am currently packing to head for a week long trip to Samoa for mid-semester break! I am so excited…
Already-Departed-Pre-Departure to Kunming, China
In four days I will leave Shanghai to start my fall semester in Kunming, China through SIT’s China: Health, Environment, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I was lucky enough to have already spent the past three months in Shanghai participating in two non-Rollins affiliated summer programs, so I can’t in good conscience call this a “pre-departure”…