Tag Result For: Travel Week
- Caroline
- Furman University
- 2017 Fall
Travel Week! 11/10/17
Before we knew it, the highly anticipated travel week had arrived! So much time, research, and preparation went into those nine days that felt so far in the future. However, in line with the rapid speed of this entire semester, travel week came and went. In one backpack, I […]
- Sydney
- The University of Iowa
- 2017 Spring
Smartphone Survival: The Top 5 Apps To Get You Through Study Abroad 04/05/17
1.) CityMaps CityMaps allows you to download maps while on wifi and then use them offline through your location services. Aside from helping you find a train station or your hostel, CityMaps will also help you find and filter everything from a restaurant with a rooftop terrace to the best places to go sightseeing in […]
- Mallory
- Furman University
- 2016 Fall
9 days. 7 flights. 2,547 miles. 11/28/16
Over our extended travel week, I was fortunate enough to travel through Spain and Portugal with three friends: Alex, Emma and Grace. We planned our trip around some crucial things we wanted to see and do. These things ranged from reenacting The Cheetah Girls scenes in Park Guell to relaxing on a beach in Mallorca. […]
- Drew
- The University of Iowa
- 2015 Fall
How To Defeat Homesickness While Studying Abroad 11/24/15
So it finally happened. After an entire two months of being abroad, it finally hit me: I was homesick. It almost came out of nowhere. All of a sudden, I was missing my friends, my family, and living in my favorite city in the world, Iowa City. It wasn’t until I snapped out of this […]
- Elizabeth
- University of Minnesota
- 2015 Fall
The Pros and Cons of Cheap Flights 11/23/15
As a student, large amounts of extra spending money aren’t easy to come by. Consequently, affording personal travel while studying abroad is quite the feat. When we’re making plans to travel on weekends and travel breaks, the ultimate goal is to see as much as possible while spending as little as possible on transportation and accommodations! No […]
- Drew
- The University of Iowa
- 2015 Fall
Why You Should Study Abroad The Summer After Your Freshman Year 11/18/15
So you, the college freshman, just moved to a new city, made new friends, created countless memories, and most importantly, survived your first year in college. Congrats, you made it! But what’s next for you? How about adding studying abroad to your extensive list of new experiences? As I mentioned in a previous blog post, […]
- Katie
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2015 Spring
Spring Break: A Snapshot of Eastern Europe 03/20/15
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” —Gustave Flaubert If there is one takeaway from the past nine days spent traveling, this is it precisely. While I have been privileged to see a portion of Europe during my stay, I had yet to venture east and experience […]
- Kelsey V.
- Purdue University
- 2015 Spring
My Favorite (Non-Italian) City 03/19/15
Last Friday, I set off on a 10-day journey with 24 other students on my program for “spring break”. We were on a mission to see 4 countries in 10 days. We traveled by bus, which was a nice change of pace from all the flying I’ve been doing lately. We left Friday night around 9pm and drove […]
- Natalie
- Texas Tech University
- 2014 Fall
Nine days of travel, three countries, countless memories. 12/11/14
With the arrival of the travel week, we were officially half way through the semester, even though it felt like I just stepped foot in PdG days ago. Although I’ve been traveling throughout my time here, for some reason it felt odd to me that I wouldn’t be in class for a total of nine […]
- Mia
The Longest Trip-Napoli-Roma-Assisi-Firenze 12/01/14
Ciao!!! This post will be the longest and contain the largest amount of pictures. For the whole 8th week, Jaein, Ham, Jinshu and I traveled around mid part Italy. Our Itinerary was Napoli-Roma-Assisi-Firenze. In English, the names are a little different: Naples-Rome-Assisi-Florence, but I prefer to use the original name since it is more comfortable to […]
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