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T minus 2 days until I leave for Chile and although I have not packed anything yet, I am ready to go! I am ready to be immersed in the Chilean culture and Spanish language and ready to spend the next four months in Valparaíso. My trip will begin with…

As I’m writing this, my hometown in Pennsylvania is 25°F (-3.88°C) and covered in snow. I’m bracing myself against the cold, and it’s hard to believe that in exactly four days (!!) , I’ll be on the beaches of Australia, beginning my semester-long journey…

As of Monday February 6th, 8:30am AEST, (or Sunday February 5th, 4:30pm EST), I officially am in Australia – Sydney to be specific. When I got my luggage and passed through customs without an issue, I found the Arcadia Staff members waiting for us, along…

Choosing where to go and what school to attend, unlike many, was not a tough choice for me. Seeing how close the school was to the mountains and the beach instantly made me fall in love with it. New Zealand itself is a place full of amazing opportunities…

This past Friday, I went to a school-sponsored dance. It was less the type of dance that we might be used to; it was advertised as a type of traditional Scottish dancing event called a Ceilidh (pronounced KAY-LEE). On arrival, I paid the entrance fee…

Apologies in advance for the long post, but the first 36 hours were nearly indescribable. I never knew just how uncomfortable a plane could be until I sat in a single, small seat for 16 hours straight after a separate six hour flight, especially when…

The past few weeks of my trip have gone very quickly. I am now a month in and I feel rather comfortable here. One of my main goals when I came here was to see as much of Scotland (and Europe) as I could while I am here. So far I think I have been doing…

“A picture is worth a thousand words.”  I took about a thousand pictures, so I’ll keep the text to a minimum! My friends and I visited Galway and the Cliffs of Moher for the last weekend in January. We bussed out to Galway for a lovely Friday night of…

Hey everyone! This is hello from the Bronx, New York from a girl who's filled with nerves and excitement for the coming semester. I can't believe how quickly time has gone by; it seems like I just finished my fall semester at Arcadia and I'm already so…