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I just came back from my mid-semester break traveling the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Ten days of traveling and non-stop adventure. So much has happened I don’t know where to begin! We began our break by flying into Dunedin. For the most…

Turning the BIG 2-1 in Cape Town, one of the world’s top travel destinations, sounds amazing, doesn’t it? A part of me thought, this is lit, but the anticipation of spending my birthday in another country brought waves of homesickness. As the days approached…

It’s so hard to believe that my time in London is nearly over. All of my finals are just around the corner and they mark the official end of my academic experience abroad. All of my work has piled up after a quiet break in which I travelled to Madrid…

I’ve become very tired. It’s seems as though the world is falling apart. And I’d be lying if I said that it isn’t affecting me and my experience. But this effect isn’t all bad. I’m pretty miserable when I hear and talk about the tragedies becoming Europe…

On the 23rd of April, I took a little break from the many hours of revising final projects and essays to celebrate Saint George’s Day! If you aren’t too sure what that is, it is a day that commemorates England's patron saint, Saint George. Because Saint…

From Copenhagen, Sarah and I traveled to Vienna. We stayed near the Nashmarkt, which stands for Snack Market. It was a very convenient location, and a great place to find food. On the first day in Vienna, we took a walking tour, which is something I recommend…

At the beginning of April, I was lucky enough to go on a 9-day spring break trip to Mozambique and Kruger National Park. Let me tell you, the hours and hours of flying and driving were worth every minute. Just when I thought the beaches in Cape Town were…

Amsterdam’s is an unpretentious beauty. This is no Paris, Hong Kong, London, or New York, no grand capital of industry or sprawling metropolis of the future. Rather, this is a place of casual, unassuming magnificence. I was in love from my first glimpse…

When most people think of college spring break, they envision hot places—bikinis, Mexico beaches, a girls-gone-wild situation. At the very least, the ideal spring break is a hot-weather getaway to an exotic locale. The vision wasn’t much different here…