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This weekend was probably the highlight of my whole year abroad. I got to do a homestay in Southport, England. My hosts, an older couple, Bill and Patricia, were the sweetest people I think I have ever met. It can get a little lonely being away from your…

Bleary eyed after only a few hours of sleep, I made my way down Malone Road. I was unaccustomed to waking up at 8 am on a Saturday, but on this particular day I had good reason to be up so early. The walk I was making would take me to the Jury’s Inn…

During February I got the opportunity to go on two Arcadia Excursions and I am very glad that I went on them! It was nice to have a way to see the things we saw on the trips with an easy way to get around. The first excursion was the Falkirk Day Trip…

Not all those who wander are lost” – J.R.R. Tolkien This past weekend I decided to go to the lovely little town of Perth which is just a little less than a two hour train journey from Aberdeen. While it was a dreary day with rain, my adventure was…

Greetings from Edinburgh! Last week marked the halfway point of my study abroad experience, and I’m full of mixed emotions. It seems like such a long time ago, and not so long ago at all, that I arrived in Edinburgh, nervous and excited for what the…

I arrived to this beautiful city a little over two months ago with three over-packed suitcases and zero knowledge of this town that would be mentioned in recent conversations as “home.” This month, school was more demanding because all of my major assignments…

I went on an amazing weekend trip to the Firbush Point Field Centre near Loch Tay. It was great to get away and to enjoy nature, while staying over in a rustic log cabin with breathtaking views of the Highland Mountains. This weekend trip was one of Arcadia's…

I’ve discussed human rights with many people here, and how Cuba and the rest of the world respects or violates them. Before these conversations, I thought I understood what human rights are, and what it means to violate them. I thought that the United…

The next instance of “disaster” that seemed to be controlled by the rules of Murphy’s Law happened on my first trip to Inverness. A group of friends and I decided to go to Inverness and Loch Ness on one of the first weekends we had in Aberdeen. The bus…