Category: Winter 2018
Museum of the Week
On this weeks installment of Museum of the Week, my class took me down to the iconic Trafalgar Square to The National Gallery! The National Gallery is home to paintings galore by any and every famous artists you could think of. The class itself was based around the idea of the building itself, and how ...
Exploring Camden Market
When I’m not at Queen Mary reading away, my favorite thing to do in London is explore. Walking new streets and finding new things is pretty exhilarating to me. This week, my explorations brought me to what I can only call the coolest market ever, Camden Market. No, this is not like Camden, New Jersey ...
York Uni: First Impression
If you plan on doing your study abroad at York, DO IT! I have only been here for a little over two weeks now and I have already considered transferring schools. I only joke! They don’t have my major… Anyways, since I have only been here two weeks I wanted to share my first impressions ...
Museum of the Week
Hello and welcome to an exciting new weekly blog series I would like to call, Museum of the Week! London is a museum hot spot and because of that, Queen Mary offers a course just in museums! In London and its Museums, you are able to go to a different museum every week for ten ...
My Main Uni & My Side Uni
Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE. Thankfully, the classes are shorter than the name. While Drexel students were headed back to classes or co-op the 2nd week of January, I was at my first college orientation – for the second time. In honor of that, this blog post is going to be an introduction to the school ...
My First “Football” Match
So, me and a group of four Brits head to their favorite pub in the middle of York for some meals and a few drinks to energize us for the excitement of the big game ahead. Well… not “big” I guess. More like… I mean… alright I can’t lie to you, they stink. York City ...
Back to School, Back to School
It’s Monday morning and after an amazing couple of days galavanting through London, I find myself waking up at 8:30 in the morning getting ready for my first class at Queen Mary. As I didn’t know this too well before I got here, I wanted to run through what to expect from the UK University ...
Layover in Madrid
I was on a plane, Air Europa flight 92, during New Year’s Eve. At midnight, the lights were off and most passengers were asleep. This was the first time I didn’t celebrate New Year’s Eve with my family, all because of choosing a flight with a 19-hour layover in Madrid, Spain. I was going to ...
Landing in London!
Here I am, sitting in my single bedroom dorm, having completed my first week in London. What I thought would be a hard adjustment period has really been quite easy. After getting off of a 6 hour over night flight, I found myself alone in a new city, and I couldn’t have been more excited. ...
Celebrating Second Christmas in Madrid: Feliz Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos
While the majority of Christians in the US recognize Christmas and present gifts on December 25th, in Spain, and many Orthodox Christian churches or countries, “Christmas” as we are familiar with is celebrated January 6th.
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