“We came, we froze, we conquered” pretty much sums up my weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark. My older sister is here visiting me in London so we decided to also take a trip to Copenhagen because we heard it was a must see place. My roommate had just got back from here and she said it…
First half of November
November has been a very interesting month. The Paris attacks have changed many things. I was in Place de République just the Thursday before with some friends. It’s strange to think that something like that can happen anywhere really at just a moment’s notice. Fortunately, I was not in Paris at the time of the…
Tokyo Withdrawls
As of today, it’s been a little over a week since my trip to Tokyo, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since! Before I came to Japan, I knew that it was one of my top destinations, and I had spent the entire semester looking forward to when I would be…
Strolling Shanghai
When you study or travel abroad, one of the things I must recommend everybody to do is to take a random day and stroll the city or place of travel. It can give you one of the best and most clear views and feels for the place you are at. In terms of culture and…
Vienna, Salzburg and Firenze
I never thought I would say that I’ve been to the most beautiful place in the world, but after my trip to Austria I think I can honestly do so. We started off our weekend trip in Vienna where we walked, rented bikes, and figured out the much-more-efficient-than-Rome tram system. We stumbled across a number…
Lots to be Thankful for
As most of you are aware, this week in the USA almost everyone will be celebrating Thanksgiving. While it’s not my favorite of holidays due to it’s actual historical origin (hint: there’s lots of racism and murder), I do love being able to eat good food with friends or family and to think of some…
The Luck of the Irish
I recently visited Dublin, Ireland with my best friend who is studying abroad through Florida State University. We had an early flight on Friday morning at 6:30 am. Since the night tube STILL has not started (we have been waiting for this for quite some time), we had to take the bus at 3am. Needless…
Aftershock.
It seems to me more than just a little insensitive to continue blogging about my semester abroad without acknowledging the events of two weekends ago. However, to address it in the immediate aftermath would give only a perspective clouded by fear and sympathy. A few semesters ago, in a classroom at Rollins, my peers and I discussed…
Click It or Ticket
“Shanghai is (relatively) one of the safest cities in the world,” this is a quote from one of the wonderful Chinese roommates who volunteered to live with us for the rest of the semester. He gave me this fun little nugget of knowledge on my first full day in China, and admittedly when I heard…
Queen Mary Blog #6 Reading week
Queen Mary University holds a reading week once every semester. During this week, there were no classes which gave me an opportunity to travel. I went to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The first thing I noticed in Amsterdam was the architecture. The main train station in Amsterdam was grandiose like a museum. It seemed as though most…