by Ella F. | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
Hola! I’ve been living in Madrid for almost three weeks now, and it’s taken a bit to get adjusted to a different way of living. After a week of 3-hour long siestas (just adjusting), I’ve started to become accustomed to the different lifestyle. For starters, I walk or...
by Alexander C. | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer
My journey with UA Abroad to the beautiful country of Colombia was nothing short of amazing. The coastal city of Barranquilla was rich with culture and many interesting places to explore. Our ventures to the cities of Cartagena and Santa Marta were short lived, but...
by Julia S | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Commerce & Business, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
Now that my time has Spain comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on my semester abroad in Sevilla. I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to call this place home over the last several months. Although I’m excited to be home with my family and friends,...
by Cody Preston | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
As I get closer and closer to my departure, I find myself more and more nervous. Generously, I would say I got about 4 hours. Non-consecutively, of course. I tend to be an anxious person anyway, but for some reason I thought that the idea of leaving the country for an...
by Zannis | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer
Tomorrow I embark on my study abroad in the UK! It is my first time ever flying out of the country (and my first time flying on an airline that is not spirit airlines… and my first time flying for more than 2 hours), and I am very excited! When I was younger, I...
by Patricia Smith | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer
I’m writing this post as I am traveling to the airport to leave for my Education Abroad experience. I have been feeling so many different emotions throughout the process of preparing for this trip and now it is finally here! I am mostly excited. I’m really looking...
by Xavier Williams | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer, _
Voy a hablar sobre mi viaje a Cartagena! That means I am about to talk about our trip to Cartagena, Colombia. Cartagena was our second trip as a group, and it took about 2 hours from Baranquilla, where were staying now. We were told we were going on a city tour,...
by Emily A. | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer
I can pinpoint the first time I heard about UA in Oxford: English, History, and Honors. Surrounded by red carpet and fellow high school seniors, I was listening to a presentation by an Honors ambassador. In that moment, I was transported away from...
by Ciera C | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Australia/New Zealand, Commerce & Business, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
I’ve been home for a week and it is not what I was expecting. It feels weird to be home and I definitely miss Australia and the friends I made while abroad. The reverse culture shock was expected, but not in the way that I have been experiencing. Attitudes and...
by Carly T. | Jul 17, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
The next stop in our trip after Vietnam was to the beautiful country of Cambodia. In my last post, I discussed some of the things I loved most about Vietnam, and I will do the same here for Cambodia! Our first host city was Siem Reap, home to Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is...
by Samantha Samler | Jul 16, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Traveling to Guatemala Week one in Guatemala was filled with so much from class to adventure, and even to my birthday. We arrived in Guatemala City on a Friday afternoon and from there we had to take a bus from the capital to a small town called Antigua, which is...
by Marlena B. | Jul 16, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer, _
As an experienced traveler, and more specifically, an experienced traveler who has been to Southeast Asia before, I stepped off the plane in Hanoi, Vietnam feeling confident that I was going to have an easy time navigating the capital city. When I woke up the next...
by Marlena B. | Jul 16, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer, _
I have never experienced a level of heat in my life like the first day of seeing temples in Cambodia. A wake-up call of 3:30 AM was the start of our day visiting different ancient temples in the city of Siem Reap. We were out the door by 4:30, and although the sun had...
by Will Allen | Jul 16, 2023 | Africa, Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
During my time in South Africa and now since returning home and getting readjusted to the American society, I realize one of the biggest beuaties that I took for granted was right in front of me the entire time…the mountians. While they are everywhere in South...
by Carson Wollfarth | Jul 14, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
Now that my time abroad has come to an end, I have most certainly learned a few things. There are several concepts I wish I would have known before coming to Italy. First, I wish I would have done more research before coming. By research, I mean that I wish I would...
by Sarah Mitchell | Jul 14, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
I’ve engaged a lot in local culture so far! We are on the last week of our program now and I’ve been going with the group to local restaurants and stores in all the cities we’ve gone to. In the first city, Athens, we took a taxi up the to the...
by Kayleigh Kopidlansky | Jul 14, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer, _
One of the best opportunities that we have had on our trip to Colombia is the three day excursions to Santa Marta and Cartagena. Cartagena, only about a two hour drive from Barranquilla, where we are studying, is a beautiful city right on the coast of the Atlantic...
by Anna Catherine Pugh | Jul 14, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Duration, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Program Type, Region, Summer
It finally feels real. I’ve gone shopping for the trip and paid for it, but it didn’t really hit me until today. I’m going to Portugal. Alone. By myself. Without my family or friends. Yikes. Last night, my study abroad group of 23 students had a Zoom...
by Dawson W | Jul 3, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
After I finished my classes in Japan, I spent a week with a friend (pictured above) and her mom. Afterward I went to Europe and spent a few weeks taking trains to different friends I have made over the years; it was a fun experience. But, by the end of it, I was...
by Dawson W | Jul 3, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
My time in Japan flew by as I was thrust into an unknown new world outside the immediate sphere of Western influence. Although the fingerprints of America were present in many aspects of Japanese society, it was obvious that I was as far away from home culturally as I...
