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If you are going to visit Scotland, especially the Highlands, a key destination is the Culloden Battlefield. I was lucky enough to see the historic site thanks to Arcadia and their Isle of Skye and Highlands travel weekend. We hit many stops in those…

It’s so surreal to think that I’ve been living in Wellington for a month already.  Time flies by so quickly and so much has happened already, it seems all my pictures are the only things that help me to remember everything.  Thanks to Arcadia our program…

The greatest game of all: Life. Of course, there are different versions available depending on where you bought the game, where you’re playing, who you’re playing with, what language your rule book is in… the list goes on, but at the end of the day the…

Take a deep breath, relax, and then you can ease back into things. For spring break, which lasted a long and eventful week, I went to San Sebastian, Spain (“Donostia” in the local Basque language), with my roommate Freddy, who used to live there for…

Wow what an incredible weekend we just had!  A bunch of people in the house went on an Arcadia-sponsored trip (which means it was free and therefore even more awesome) to the Grampians National Park.  We started with watching a film on the aboriginal…

I ain’t never seen nothing like a [St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin] So I’m pretty excited because last weekend I was able to check another thing off my bucket list. Study Abroad was on my short term bucket list, since I only had two years that I could potentially…

Wow, where do I even begin?! Okay, probably from the beginning is good. This weekend, a majority of the students studying abroad through Arcadia in Melbourne geared up and headed to the Grampians National Park for a free weekend excursion hosted by Arcadia…

One of my favorite things about Valparaíso and what makes the city so unique is the street art! The city is full of murals and graffiti that line the walls of stores, homes, and hostels. Street art has been an important part of the city since the years…

As I was beginning to plan for my journey to Ireland, Arcadia announced that they would be holding weekend excursions to Northern Ireland and Scotland.  Eager to travel to as many places as possible, I signed up as soon as I could.  The first excursion…