Student Bloggers

I can now successfully say that I have survived my first week of classes in Scotland. I have to say how different their education system is here when compared to Arcadia back home. At Arcadia or just in America, we have our set schedule with classes…

One thing that I have learned while being in Scotland so far is how to make the best of any situation and to not be afraid to wander off the beaten path. You have to be willing to give yourself over to the internal desire to explore and do it. Over this…

It has officially been a little over a week since I have settled in my new home here in London – so I’d like to reflect on the past week and what has been going on. Going into my study abroad experience, I was extremely nervous for multiple reasons: leaving…

Madrid What a busy week it has been! I feel like I haven't had a second away from all the excitement to relax in forever. Definitely not a bad thing though. I began my time in Spain flying into Madrid from Scotland. I missed the first day’s orientation…

We’ve officially survived our first week in Spain! We spent two days in Madrid, and then Spent one day and night in Toledo, giving us a little bit of time to get to know each other, and our host country, before moving into our separate accommodations…

We are only the decayed fragments of the Roman Empire from which we have all that we value ourselves upon, and I always believe we can never be so well employed as in endeavoring to understand as well as we can the original meaning of that system of things…

“Hey, girl from America, why don’t you sing a song?” I was at Grace’s in Rathmines, an Irish pub that felt like a time warp to me. With its dimly lit interior, no website, and a Facebook page that hadn’t been updated in years, Grace’s was the kind of…

When I think of England, one of the first things that comes to mind is tea, more specifically, high tea in the afternoon. So of course, I had to go! After doing some research about different vegan tea options around town, I decided to go with Egerton…

Más despacio por favor, Escocia a España Before I go into the dirty details of how linguistically unprepared I feel to live in Spain, I thought I’d discuss my unconventional travel plans for study abroad. I decided to visit my friends in Edinburgh, Scotland…