Our very last group excursion has come and gone, and with only one month left in the program, I really don’t know where the time has gone. This last Sunday, we boarded Fiji Airways, ready to take on Fiji with the very few words we knew. “Bula” “Vinaka” “Moce” were as far as my vocabulary…
Let’s Climb
Returning from the badiyya, I was a bit saddened. The relationships I made, the genuine honesty of the people, the respect between children and parents, family members and general communal respect. The weather, the cleanliness of the air, the quietness, the sunsets across the mountains of Petra. The badiyya is with little comparison. It isn’t Orlando, it isn’t New…
FALL BREAK
In the span of 10 days I visited 4 countries. I signed up for the Weekend Student Adventures (WSA) tour of Central Europe. They are a tour company owned by Rick Steve’s son, Andy. We began the trip in Berlin, Germany then headed to Prague, Czech Republic, Krakow, Poland, and finished in Budapest, Hungary. Berlin: I…
A Moment Away From Home
What a month October has been. A whirlwind of excursions, academic inundations, and copious sugar, I have developed significantly as a result of my experiences this month. Beginning with my badiyya homestay. Badiyya, an Arabic term loosely defined as desert, is more appropriately denoted as “rural.” Jordan is divided into three badiyyas: northern, central, and southern, each possessing individual topographic…
A “Proper” Halloween :) as they say in the UK
The Halloween celebrations in the United Kingdom began the week before Halloween. My roommates and I visited Thorpe Park, an amusement park a few hours outside the city. We rode some haunted themed roller coasters that took us on an upside down thrilling adventure. The park set up many haunted mazes. Once darkness came around,…
Halfway Through Fall Term!
So this week is the 5th week in the 10 week fall term and I can’t believe how time is just going. I have done so much since I arrived and I there are so many more adventures to come! Most recently, I’ve gone back to London and to Manchester. While both are some of…
Highlight of my trip!
Two weeks ago the Rollins group at Australia went for a long weekend to Byron Bay. We did a bunch of different activities while we were there including snorkeling, surfing, touristing, and eating. This little town known as Byron is beautiful. It is a laid back town where back packers go to forget about the…
Bye bye Fall Break.
My time for traveling has sadly come to an end, as my brief respite from school and work ends today. On the exciting side however, this week is symbolic of being in London for over half of my program! Parts of this are exciting, while parts of it are sad. Just last night I met…
Fall Festivities
When you get the opportunity to travel other parts of China, with one of the most fun loving people in your program – you take it! When deciding what to do for independent travel, I immediately look to going somewhere that would interest me, somewhere new and somewhere I would both enjoy and learn a…
End of October!
On Paris metro 5 right now: service from place d’italie to bobigny/Pablo Picasso. Speaking of Pablo Picasso, I was graced with the opportunity to go to the Picasso Mania a few days ago at the Musee d’Orsay. For free! Technically, most publicly operated museums and tourist attractions around Europe grant free entrance to only EU…