There’s only a few more weeks left and although I’m anxiously trying to make sure that I get to do everything I wanted to do in Japan, I’m still incredibly happy to be coming home. There’s a lot of things that I’m going to miss here, but I feel like Japan is like a second…
Paris
This coming Friday, I will leave for my third weekend trip to Paris. The first trip I took was in October, as part of a field trip with my European City in Lit and Film class. We visited the Bonne Marche department store, Gallery Lafayette, Musee D’Orsay, and the Marais District of Paris, where we…
Letters of Future’s Past
It’s a little over halfway through my study abroad semester now. The semester is broken up in such a strange way for American students studying abroad at Lancaster; our orientation program was a month long, there’s a two-week break, and then the actual term is only ten weeks. It really is starting to feel like…
Back to Back
Two weekends in a row of international traveling and one more coming up! Man, studying abroad is a rough life 😉 First weekend: Lisbon, Portugal First off, Portuguese is nothing like Spanish. As soon as I stepped foot in Portugal, I had no clue what anyone was saying to me. We landed in Lisbon Friday…
To the Springs!
Sitting in a pool of hot coffee, I let my body relax and enjoy the marine pool before me. We traveled to Hong Kong, Macau, Zhongshan and Zhuhai. It was amazing. The last day was the most relaxing. We went to a hot springs resort. I’ve never been to a hot spring, so I was…
Home Sweet Home
I’ve been home for a couple weeks now and it feels great to be back. Luckily I never had to deal with jet lag (I think it was because I was so excited to see my friends and family). I have found it to be weird for me to adjust to all of this free…
Friends and Family
The past two or so weeks have been especially grand (to use an Irish expression) since I’ve been able to see my family and some of my Rollins friends. First, I flew to London to see my best friends who are studying abroad there. It was so great seeing them, and it felt like we…
Adapt According to Condition
This weekend, I was blessed enough to have my parents and brother fly to Paris to visit me and take me to Disneyland Paris. It was such a lovely time – both my family and the park gave me little snippets of home to cherish with me in my last few weeks as a French-American…
Street Art Everywhere!
(from November) London is a city where new meets old, cultures collide, and aesthetics are diverse. I am always amazed by the different architectures that the city has. Among the city you can see Gothic, Baroque, Georgian, and Victorian architecture all within the same area. Most of the buildings have kept their architectural facade, even…
Neuchatel
On November 17 I went to Neuchatel in Switzerland. I went to visit my family and stayed with my cousin. It was an incredible experience. I got to see my entire family and we had raclette for dinner. Raclette is a typical food in Switzerland which consists of melted cheese and different types of vegetables….