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It seems like yesterday that I was lounging on my parents’ couch. I still lounge on the couch, but I do it with a view of Table Mountain and a palm tree in my front lawn. Cape Town, thus far, been a dream come true. Upon arriving, we were initially overwhelmed…

After taking some time to get acquainted with my new home on the Griffith campus, I decided to take a weekend trip to Byron Bay to see what else was in my new backyard. I had heard that this was a must see place in Australia, and I couldn’t wait to see…

The past two weeks have been rather busy with the new semester of starting up classes and keeping up with internships and finding a job! But my classes are going well - Australian Literature, Global History, Forensic Psychology, and Earth Science. It…

It’s been a busy few weeks, in a good way. We are getting closer to exams, which means everyone is starting what I call ‘library hibernation.’ This is something Scotland has in common with the US: exam preparation means the library becomes our new home…

What a past few weeks! There’s nothing that’s more exciting than getting to live out a childhood dream, and I got to do so this past week. At Trinity, we have a “reading week,” which is pretty much a mid-term break. However, most students go home and…

One of the most important things I’ve learned so far is how to take advantage of all 24 hours of the day. Back home, I would most likely make time to watch a couple episodes of New Girl, Parks and Rec, or The Office-- a usually mindless, lazy activity…

One of the most memorable experiences of my time here so far has been the Arcadia Highlands Activity Weekend, which took place at the Firbush Centre in Killin, a village in the Scottish Highlands. To get there, I had to travel two hours by train to Stirling…

Last weekend, me and a friend took a bus to the city of Glasgow. It’s commonly known as the second-biggest population in Scotland, and the #1 in personality as well as (in my opinion) thick accents. I stepped out of the train station and immediately…

So it has been a while since I last posted something, but that doesn’t mean that my adventure is over. Rather, a new adventure has begun – the start of a new semester at a university in a different country. For those of you in the U.S., it’s currently…