In the last two weeks, it’s been quiet an adventure for my final month in Spain. My twin and I took our last two trips, which were to Munich, Germany and Italy. While we were in Germany, it was the beginning of their famous Christmas market. Most nights we explored through the market and tried…
One Month of Research: Women’s Soccer in the Netherlands
While spending my last month in Amsterdam, I had to complete a 4 week research project on a topic I chose that related to gender studies. When I first arrived in Amsterdam I noticed that it was all over the news the women were starting to play soccer and it was an “unusual” thing. When…
Hala Madrid.
This past weekend I took my very last trip out of Ireland before I go home. Before I get into that, can we just talk about the fact that I only have one and a half weeks left here?!? I definitely feel like I have been here for basically my whole life, but that doesn’t…
Short trip to Japan
Last weekend, two other friends from Rollins (Mikolaj Geritz and Jonathan Guacaneme) spent the weekend in Japan. We managed to visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara all within 3 days and it was absolutely wonderful. From the excellent food, temples, shrines, and—of course—video games in Tokyo, to Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, to Nara Park…
barcelona + switzerland
A couple weeks ago, my sister came to visit me in Ireland. She arrived on a particularly cold Sunday, at about 10 am. I met her at the bus stop and we went to a cafe in town and I showed her what the town was like a bit. That night we ended up going…
Last few weeks in China
It seems that no matter how long you live in China, there is always something new or interesting going on. Old restaurants (or bars and clubs if you’re into nightlife) seem to disappear overnight with new ones starting there the following morning. Recently, I ate at a fantastic Thai restaurant called Simply Thai on the…
November 14th – November 27th: Lisbon – Budapest – Vienna
So there are 5 weeks left until I return back to the U.S. and shocking to think how fast time flew by while abroad. Within these coming weeks, I will be country hopping; Portugal, Hungary and Austria. The weekend of November 18th, I visited Lisbon, Portugal. While in Lisbon, I visited Belem Tower, Jeronimo Monastery,…
Is this what school is like
Ciao! This is the last post coming from Rome, how sad is that. I have just over a week left in Rome and it’s so bittersweet. While I am excited to go home for the holidays, I wish I could come straight back to Europe right after. The past two weeks I have stayed in…
The Final Countdown and Christmas Markets
Exactly two weeks until I’m on a 10 or so hour flight back home. I feel a little bad for the stranger sitting next to me because if they try and make conversation I might not stop talking about the fact I’m going for the rest of our flight. Oops. Now that Netflix lets you…
Blog 7
Its hard to imagine that I will be back home in approximately ten days. I blinked and now the semester is basically over; the feeling encompasses the term “bitter-sweet”. Since I last blogged, I took my final trip to Edinburgh, Scotland! At first I initially had doubts as to how I would like it and…