Student Bloggers

Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places” ― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities I…

These past two weeks, I was traveling! I got to see Berlin, a place I’ve been wanting to go since I started learning German in high school, and Prague, a wonderful city with lots of history, lots of culture, and lots of amazing sights to see! I had a…

This Spring Break has been filled with a whirlwind of travel and adventure, spanning six cities in three countries in fourteen days! My friends and I started our journey in Bergamo, Italy, where we navigated completely foreign streets in search of La…

School in Scotland is incredibly different than school back home in the States. I knew, coming here, that things would be different for me obviously. At home I go to a small private school where a lot of my classes are capped at 10 people. The University…

How Organizing Myself Helped Me Travel Efficiently  Before studying abroad, I have never been big on planning things out.  I always found that I was much more relaxed when I didn’t think too much about anything and handled things as they came my way…

Arcadia has this wonderful option of going on excursions with them throughout the semester.  They take you on tours and show you many different beautiful parts of Ireland.  I have experienced Northern Ireland, Scotland, and a Game of Thrones tour with…

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." - Terry Pratchett I…

It’s around the time where studying abroad applications are in full force for next year.  Whether you’re thinking of studying in the Summer, Fall or Spring, there are probably a million things running through your head- good, bad, scary, intimidating…

As far as traveling goes, this will likely be my last post. Finals are coming up, and I’m basically broke from the semester, so I won’t have many more stories to tell. But this last one was pretty great. My cousin moved to Sweden with her husband, who…