Student Bloggers

Although I take 4 classes a week, I am learning 24/7. Every time I step out of my room the city provides new experiences. Last weekend I visited the Portobello Road Market with my friend Holly. This market is the world's largest antique market with over…

To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted” – Bill Bryson When I first started getting…

I am writing my first blog post from an airplane flying somewhere over the middle of the United States. I'm on my way back to the land of sunshine and palm trees, my first home, after a much needed trip back to Glenside, my other home. I originally went…

I know that everyone has been waiting for me to talk about my classes so here I go! Through my program I take two classes at the Arcadia London Center and two classes at Queen Mary University of London. These two very different learning environments go…

On Wednesday night, all of the Arcadia students in Galway had the wonderful opportunity to listen to writer and storyteller Eddie Lenihan share some of Ireland’s culture and folklore with us. After our classes had finished, a group of us headed through…

Two weeks in, and I’m finally settling into life here in Edinburgh.  Last Monday was the first day of Spring term at the University of Edinburgh, and I was immediately reminded of my first day of freshman year back home - this time, on a much larger…

My first two weeks abroad have gone by so fast - a blur of Google Maps, chaos, new faces, new places, getting lost almost everywhere I go, new food and new classes. There have been so many things to do in these first couple weeks that I’ve finally had…

Hi everyone! Although there is already a short bio about me on the blog page, I thought I would share some about me just to reiterate. I am a 21 year-old junior from the San Francisco Bay Area. In terms of family, I live with my mom, dad, and brothers…

I consider myself an experienced traveller. In my 20 years of life I’ve seen more of the world than I could have ever expected. I’ve vacationed in Costa Rica, lived with a host family in China for a summer, spent the best seven months of my life backpacking…