Student Bloggers

By Jonny S., Museum Studies Internship Program, Scotland Before my third week at Hopetoun House (a large estate house outside of Edinburgh where I’m doing an internship) started I was able to take a three-day weekend trip. This week I decided that I…

In the great city of Wellington there's quite a lot to do year round. If you remember my last post, I talked about the Farmer's Market, a produce market available year round rain or shine on the Sunday of every week; I also mentioned the fantastic Te…

By Jonny S., Museum Studies Internship Program, Scotland After finishing my first week interning at Hopetoun House, a giant estate house outside of Edinburgh, I decided to go on a trip during the weekend. I would leave on the 16th of July, a Saturday…

"Wow, it’s so beautiful" I hear myself saying for the hundredth time as we drive from our residence to the Pick 'n Pay down the road. I would be worried about my friends getting annoyed with me for saying it so often, but they've all been repeating variations…

If you haven’t heard about the new phenomenon “Pokémon Go” you need to! It’s a super fun game that brings you to new places and let’s you and other players catch wonderful Pokémon from our childhoods... 90’s kids, amiright? Whether you’re team Mystic…

Going to a new city, in a new state, in a new country can be very intimidating. Questions will pop up in your head like, “What if I get lost?” “Is it this bus, or that one?” “What street am I on?” But being somewhere you’ve never been can be the best…

After getting to explore and hike around Auckland from 6 in the morning (when we landed) to 8 pm that night. After going to the wonderful, sulfur smelling and thermal infested area of Rotorua. After going to a recreated Maori Village and get to participate…

My first night in my dorm, a Friday night, I met one of my suite-mates and she asked me where I was from. I told her New York City, and she asked how long I traveled to get here. I told her honestly, "over 30 hours", and she remarked upon how exhausted…

By Jonny S., Museum Studies Internship Program, Scotland It was a sad day on Saturday the 9th of July. The first half of our Scottish program was ending, meaning only three out of the eleven of us would be staying. The three of us would be going to…