Category: Winter 2018
Last Days in York
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. You know the saying, “All good things come to an end.” Perfect way to describe the end of a study abroad. The end kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. I always knew ...
Museum of the Week
This week my University was still experiencing strikes, they are now over but it meant one more week without going to a museum for class. I still managed to find one that I enjoyed and wanted to share though! London is known for its world class museums. People usually make their way to South Kensington ...
Exchange Friends Vs. Local Friends
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. Like I have mentioned before, I have been on two exchange programs. One to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the other at The University of York in York, United Kingdom. Just by their location ...
Boats and Books
Any city wouldn’t be complete without some unique spots covered in local flair. One that I was lucky enough to find this week is called Word on the Water. Now, I have talked a lot about the canal boats that line Regents Canal in this blog, as that canal is right on my campus. But ...
Things I Wish I Knew
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. Study abroad has taught me more about life, people, and myself than any classroom could ever do. That may be the cheesiest statement I have ever produced, but it really is true. I have seen ...
Museum of the Week
As the strikes are still on-going at Queen Mary this week, I did not go with my class to a museum. I did however go with a friend to the Science Museum! On a rainy day there really is nothing better than walking into a free museum. Located in the museum hub that is South ...
More British Countryside
Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. If you read my blog about my previous hike, you may be asking yourself why I decided to do another hike. And you would be right. One of my floor mates has a car on ...
In Love With Berlin Part 3
Friday night I walked from Brandenburg Gate to the Fernsehtrum (television tower with a view). On the way I saw so much amazing architecture and they looked even more beautiful in the evening with less people there. When I got to the television tower, the view from above really showed how big Berlin is. I ...
Estudiando en España: un Resumen
If you’re thinking about studying in Spain anytime soon, or more specifically at Universidad Pontificía Comillas in Madrid, you’re going to want to bookmark this article. I wasn’t sure what the university-level education system was like in Spain. I am most familiar with the system and schedule at Drexel University. Granted, having to explain that ...
Cultures That Shock
Culture shock is “the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone when they are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes” (Oxford University Press). Whether you’ve attended your pre-departure meeting with the Study Abroad Office, watched a few episodes of Rick Steves’ PBS documentary, or have seen that episode of ...
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