Ciao! Last weekend I went to Tuscany on Saturday and went to two different wine tastings. Sunday I went to an olive farm and saw the process to making olive oil. Both places were beautiful and I enjoyed seeing more of a countryside type setting. This past week was midterms and I was reminded that…
Living like locals
We decided to stay on campus the past few weekends. With traveling the first two, we were exhausted and needed to recharge. We also wanted to experience London and attempt to live like locals. On Tuesday (Oct. 11), a friend from the University of Pennsylvania, who is also studying abroad at Queen Mary, offered me…
けたいでんわなし(lol)
けたいでんわなし(lol) How I Travel Japan without Any Electronic Devices _______________ So Shantell, you have been traveling all over Japan without your phone. How are you finding what trains you need to get on and off of? How do you know what streets to turn and stuff? ____________________ Well my fellow 友達‘ｓ, it’s quite simple….
Letter to Myself
I’ve reached the halfway mark! The time has gone by so quickly. I don’t want to think about going home yet, I am loving it so much here. In the letter I wrote two weeks before leaving from Rome, I talked about worries with the language, getting my way around, and roommates. Luckily, none of…
2 friends, 4 flights, 3 countries, 11 days
And so my trips are completed (for the time being). 2 friends, 4 flights, 3 countries, 11 days. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. Thursday morning after class I rushed to the post office to see if my phone had come. I had hope and alas my phone was there. There were…
HOW TO SELL MYSELF (IN GERMAN)
Applying for internships in any language is tough. It’s awkward having to write about how talented you are and why you should be chosen over the next candidate. It’s stressful having to proofread your Resume and Cover letter over, and over, and over again. It’s anxiety inducing having to wait for a call back from…
Ecclesiastical Sites and the Dead
In the last couple weeks I have been on a couple of field trips with my Cultural Heritage Classes. First we visited Clonmacnoise a monastery that became an important economic center between the 9th and 12th centuries. The site of the monastery places it along a major east-west route: the Pilgrimage Road. The road is…
Excursions, Excursions Everywhere….
Since the last time I’ve written about my travels, I have had a little bit of time to rest and recharge after the consecutive travels I encountered. Although one week consisted of starting classes at the University of Oviedo, the next had many excursions in store! Classes: At first, I tested into intermediate II for…
It’s already been a month??
A week ago I officially hit the one-month mark here in Ireland. The time is flying by unbelievably fast, and I’m dreading for it to be over. I’ve been trying to explore as much of Ireland as I can on the weekends, but I’m looking forward to taking some international trips too. About a week…