Student Bloggers

This was me at about hour 6 of a 12 hour layover in North Carolina to Dublin. To all of those who have had to face a long layover I know your pain. You don't have any clue as to what to do in the airport and you just want to be at your destination already…

Happy first blog post! I’m beyond excited to be writing for the Arcadia study abroad blogs to share my hopefully awesome adventures as I study in Scotland at the University of Stirling. Ironically enough, I’m writing this on a plane except it’s not going…

Wow. So first day in Italy: complete. After so many months of preparation I’m definitely glad to be here. Speaking of this preparation, let’s talk about that for a minute. As far as packing went, there was absolutely no preparation whatsoever. So of…

My goodness, what a whirlwind the past 12 hours have been. After a surprisingly smooth plane ride where my neighbors were a darling man from Edinburgh and a woman from Montana, I arrived in Edinburgh at 7am local time. After schlepping all my luggage…

September has come around once again, the promise of Sunday night football, leaves turning colors, and the lovely hope of school once again joins our lives. New pencils, notebooks, and classes bring a certain nervousness towards the victims… I mean students…

Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart - Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist As I quickly approach my departure date for Edinburgh, I find myself becoming more and more susceptible to restlessness and anxiety. I can…

Today technically marks my last day in the grand ol’ US of A. This wouldn’t be my first time abroad but it certainly is the longest. I’ve had the fortune of being a month long exchange student in a Germany summer program and toured the UK for choir but…

If you're reading this right now, just sit back for a second and enjoy the luxury that is internet access. As the much overused line, "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone," has cemented it's truth in me I'd like to take a moment to mourn the…

I have never enjoyed packing for big trips. The majority of this disdain comes from me always over-packing and therefore never being able to fit things compactly into an appropriate-sized piece of luggage. However, packing also makes the impending departure…