Category: Fall 2018
Exploring Brussels: The Atomium
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. I have been traveling outside of Brussels a lot since coming on study abroad. While it is glamorous to be posting pictures from a new country every week, Brussels has a ton to offer and ...
Taking Care of My Mental Health While Abroad
This week marked the first full month of my studies at Collarts, and also served as a great check-in point. As some of you may know, this past week was an important week for mental health, with World Mental Health Day recognized on Wednesday October 10th. When I walked into school on Monday, there were ...
Things I Didn’t Think I’d Miss
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. By the time I left for Brussels, I was admittedly tired of being in Philadelphia. Due to the nature of Drexel, I’d been there for two years straight with few chances to go home and ...
7 Essential Stores in Florence
With so many coffee shops and local marts everywhere you look in Florence, its difficult sometimes to weed out the good from the great. Either because of the quality of the goods, the ambience, or just the comfort of knowing they’ll always be there for me, some stores stand out to me for being an ...
Looking Back and Heading Forward
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. I recently received my letter to myself that I wrote a few weeks before I left for Brussels. I definitely encourage you to do this and I’m so glad that the study abroad office got ...
Getting Around Melbourne
Now that I’ve been in Melbourne for about a month, I’m fairly comfortable relying on public transportation to get me where I need to be. Since I’m staying outside of the Central Business District and I refuse to drive a car on the wrong side of the road, I’ve needed to take transit to my ...
Spooky Season in Australia: A shocking realization.
So for as long as I can remember, Halloween has been one of my favorite events of the year. Wearing costumes, eating candy, watching hocus-pocus, what’s not to love? Hence, you can imagine my shock when I heard Australians DO NOT celebrate halloween. Every Australian I asked told me that it had just started to ...
10 Things Every Traveler Should Know About Florence
Florence is an amazing city, with history everywhere you go, important sites for Western art and culture, and beautiful that rivals any city in Italy. However, there are a lot of things in the daily life in Florence that a foreigner wouldn’t necessarily think about. Here are ten facts you should know before you travel ...
Toppling the “Great Firewall” of China
Tech and phones in China, how to overcome the “Great Firewall” of China China relies on smartphones and mobile devices as if their life depends on it. Many people’s lives depend on mobile devices, and the Chinese are no exception. But what applications should you download in advance? And will my mobile phone work ...
Victoria’s Favorite Week
This past week was my second week of classes at Collarts, and also happens to be one of the most important weeks of the year for Victorians. At Collarts, regularly scheduled classes went on Monday through Thursday. Perhaps my favorite in-class activity I did this week was a live recording of a three-person ensemble ...
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