Category: Term Abroad
Greta Jusyte: Macroons
Throughout my study abroad experience, I feel the constant need to avoid falling into a dark pit where English is the only spoken language. At a school where all classes are taught in English and some international students speak English, but not French. Therefore, it’s important to speak as much French as possible outside of ...
Benjamin Saff: Learning a New Language
How Ben Feels One of my favorite aspects of my trip abroad has being learning the German language. As we all know, learning a new language can be quite challenging, especially when you’re not in your adolescent, sponge-like brain phase. I found that in the US, when taking my required 3 years of Spanish, my ...
Alexis Pozonsky: Arte de la próxima generación
Well, my second full week in San José was definitely filled with the local artistic culture, in both classical and contemporary forms. On Tuesday, our program took a trip to the Teatro Nacional to hear the Orquesta sinfónica comprised primarily of students from the region’s largest public university, la Universidad de Costa Rica. The group ...
Niacka Carty: Travelling to Barcelona
I decided to take a trip to Barcelona after sitting in on a lecture that compared the city’s desire to be independent from Spain to Scotland’s desire to be independent of the United Kingdom. I was surprised that the two were being compared, considering that Scotland is a country and Barcelona a city. It was ...
Corrine Mcandrews: Scotland’s Atmosphere
Scotland’s atmosphere is a great one. What partly attracted me to study in this land were its myths and legends. I was always fascinated by Irish folklore and the stories of things like fairies and banshees. During my high school years, I tried to tap into my Irish heritage. There is still a mystery about ...
Federico Mosconi: Mannheim’s Summer Academy
I arrived in Mannheim a month before the start of the semester in order to take part in the Internationale Sommerakademie. This summer academy is a program offered by Mannheim University for exchange students. The main focus of the academy is to learn German and they advertise it as a preparatory intensive language course. I ...
Benjamin Saff: Living in Mannheim
Ben Site-seeing I’ve been living in Mannheim for just over a month now. On this post I will attempt to summarize some of the different aspects of living here. Pros: 1. Mannheim’s train station is a great hub for travel. You can easily get to almost any main city in Germany as well as it’s ...
Greta Jusyte: Stores and Food
I cannot believe that I’ve already been living in Reims, France for a month. As my fellow Drexel students begin their fall quarter, I am already preparing presentations and soon will be studying for midterms. As facing cultural differences is a given when living in a different country, below I will outline some major differences ...
Alexis Pozonsky: Pacuare – Service, Nature, and Happiness
This past weekend was nothing short of awe-inspiring. No words can accurately describe the beauty which surrounded me, but I’ll give it a shot… ICDS (the exchange program) had set up a group trip for all of us to visit a very remote village to both participate in a service project and visit a turtle ...
Corrine Mcandrews: Living on a Budget
I underestimated how challenging studying abroad would be. I underestimated how expensive it would be. I underestimated how difficult it would be adjusting to a whole new education system. When I arrived in Edinburgh, I spent most of the money I had on me in cash on basic necessities for my dorm. And I never ...
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