These past 2 weeks have been full of excitement. Two of my best friends from Rollins, Rosie and Sam, came to visit me for their Spring Break vacation, since mine doesn’t start until the end of next week. I was only expecting Sam to come visit, as that’s what we had planned, but when I…
Londres (London)
Let’s be real, studying abroad in Europe has so many perks. Access to all these neighboring countries is definitely not something to be taken for granted. Who knows when is the next time you will get a round trip flight to LONDON for $100 again. London is not to be taken for granted. Three days was…
Oviedo – Mi amor
Initially, I strongly believe that this study abroad program and Oviedo, as a ciudad(city), in general are completely underrated. In this picture, you have a snapshot of the beauty of Oviedo, and Spain’s architecture.(On a side note I highly recommend taking Arte Historia in Casa Las Lenguas – also counts as an A general education…
The Homestay Option
March 3rd, 2016 I want to talk a little about the process of the homestay, because it is an option for certain study abroad programs and I didn’t know very much about it when I went in. Here in France, I live in a large home that is a little bit outside the city. I…
Soso is in Ruins
These past few days have been hard. The village I visited in Fiji, Soso; which I blogged about in my previous post, was completely destroyed in Cyclone Winston. When I heard about the destruction of the village I had come to love, I was speechless. I saw many of these people, literally days before they…
A Piece of Rollins came to Rome
Hello, looks like I’m due for an update. Seems all of the walking from my Venice trip aggravated my foot a lot as it is now purple! I rest it occasionally but I don’t like to stay in one place for long so it hasn’t fully recovered. My classes are going great and the tours…
Bylakuppe Adventure to South India
Bylakuppe: We left for Bylakuppe on the 12th which was a very long travel day. Knowing I had a presentation coming up in Bylakuppe, I spent the morning trying to do research, but just being part of a generation who has been spoiled with fast internet… I wanted to rip my hair out trying to…
Kobe Beef & the Chinese New Year
Since we had a national holiday that resulted in classes being canceled, a group of us went to Kobe for the day. While most of the group was excited for Chinese New Year, I was more excited for the Kobe beef. We made it to Kobe in about an hour, so we made our way…
I’m Not Saying Goodbye
My favorite part of language learning is discovering how the language can reflect the native culture. A major reason I decided to study Chinese is because it is an intriguing and surprising, albeit complex, language; much like its native culture. Each character has its own history, meanings, pronunciations and associations with other characters, and paying…
Street Food (The Good Kind)
If you’ve never heard the term “street food” before and think it sounds a little sketchy, then you’re definitely not alone. I might question your judgement skills if you didn’t think so. But you truly haven’t experienced true Chinese food until you have dined on street sides at midnight. Unfortunately, I neglected to try street…