My Weekends in Edinburgh

Amanda Campbell July 1, 2015

By Anna C., Scottish Heritage Management Internship Program, Scotland There are nine students here on Arcadia’s Edinburgh summer program, and we have already done an impressive amount of traveling. Our classes regularly meet in the city’s biggest museums… More

A Potterhead’s Guide to Edinburgh

Anna Cain June 23, 2015

By Anna C., Scottish Heritage Management Internship Program, Scotland In 1993, a woman fled a failed marriage and moved, with her infant daughter, to Edinburgh. While struggling with financial worries and clinical depression, she spent her evenings writing… More

Week One: Haggis, Harry Potter, & Highland Dancing

Hannah King June 23, 2015

By Hannah K., University of Stirling Summer, Scotland I finally arrived in Scotland around noon on Saturday the 13th after my flight was delayed for a few hours. Unfortunately, my luggage decided it didn’t want to go on the same flight as me. However… More

Edinburgh on a Student Budget

Anna Cain June 17, 2015

By Anna C., Scottish Heritage Management Internship Program, Scotland I know dollars and pounds are different currencies, really. But while studying abroad in the UK, you sometimes forget where you are. This is an English-speaking country, and their… More

Back in the US

Margaret Chelsvig June 10, 2015

So I’ve been back in the U.S. for two weeks now and it’s weird. It feels like I never even went abroad- that Edinburgh was just a dream. It’s crazy to me that I lived in Scotland for five months, because I’ve never moved far from the Midwest! Of course… More

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