Student Bloggers

A little meditation on the most southern tip of the South Island. Unless I ever travel to Stewart Island or Argentina... I'll probably never be further south!!

I currently work at World of Doctors in Omonia. It serves a mostly immigrant population in Athens, and because of this, there are so many languages that are spoken at the clinic. Patients speak French, Farsi, Hindi, and much more. All the nurses and…

On top of these large pillars of rock site Greek Orthodox monasteries that were built more than half a century ago. They chose to build on top of these monolithic pillars, because they thought it would bring them close to God, and when I went up to these…

While much of the time you spend abroad may be used to enrich your individual experience and conception of the world, one of the most gratifying experiences is sharing your new home with the ones you love. Although I may be  relying heavily on the cliche…

New Zealand was absolutely amazing. I’m so fortunate to have been able to visit such a beautiful place. The whole week was lovely: I learned some bits about New Zealand history and Maori culture, made new friends from all over the world, and got to see…

Studying abroad has many elements of adventure to it. First, the actual departure from your home continent. But then, there is the opportunity to venture even further, the opportunity to explore outside of your newly settled foreign land. My first foray…

Hello readers! I am a month into my study abroad in Greece, and it has been completely eye opening. I know that is such a cliche way to describe a study abroad, but no term describes it more aptly. Values, lifestyle, history, identity. It's all so different…

Milos is a geologically confused island. On one side, it looks like the surface of the moon, and on the other side, it looks like a volcano exploded all over it.

This panorama is from a marvelous weekend I spent with my "Land Journeys and Ethics" class in Craigieburn Forest Park a few weekends ago. Before we left for the trip, I kept referring to it as my "Redemption Weekend" or "Craigieburn Part II: Electric…