by Victoria G | Jan 23, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
This being my first blog post and all, I thought I would keep it simple. I don’t consider myself too creative, so I thought I would just stick to the cue cards. My name is Tori Griffiths and I am a senior studying Communication Studies with a double minor in...
by Kayla G | Jan 12, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
My name is Katheryn “Kayla” Gann and I am a junior international studies major at Alabama. For the spring semester I am studying with an exchange program at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. I arrived in Glasgow on Monday, 5 January 2015, a week ago...
by Chris L | Jan 5, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA Non-Affiliate
After coming back to America, I wish that I had more opportunities to share my experiences. Rather than hold them in though, I’ll just share one with you. It was one of my first days in Moscow, and I was hungry (not just for food but for a taste of life in Moscow)....
by Maja T | Jan 5, 2015 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
” こんいちは、バマ！Hello Bama! How do I begin to describe the span of my incredible adventure in Japan? I’ve seen so many things, gone so many places, and learned more than I ever thought possible. I hope I can adequately convey the way Japan has captured me...
by Ashley H | Jan 5, 2015 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
Hello again aspiring Study Abroaders! Your friendly neighborhood blogger Ashley here. It’s been a while, but ’tis the season of final exams and desperate supplications to the deity of your choice to save your GPA. After all, your GPA is an...
by Lauren V | Dec 16, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA-Affiliate
It’s over. I’ve been back in America for less than 48 hours. I’m writing this post at 4am because jet lag won in my fight for sleep. I’m experiencing a mixed range of emotions because my time in Thailand has just come to a bittersweet end....
by Nathan P | Dec 11, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
Whether it comes on all at once or in a steady progression, you soak in the culture of your host country. You don’t have to eagerly dive in head first to find yourself picking up the mannerisms and habits of everyone else around you- it’s inevitable and crucial to...
by Celena N | Dec 1, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
You know the moment when you realize you’re in love? Personally I’ve never experienced it, but the movies have to be a pretty great indication of how it happens. The typical story of the girl who has had the guy there for all this time and just when she realizes that...
by Sarah Y | Dec 1, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
We’re approaching the end of term here at Leicester Uni and tensions are, of course, running high. In England, your entire grade rests on two essays or one essay and an exam (at least for Politics students!) and our essay due dates are quickly approaching. It...
by Chris L | Dec 1, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA Non-Affiliate
Walking the half mile to the Church of the Intercession, I had already handed my last bit of cinnamon bread over to a horse and had given up any hope of staying warm (despite wearing every layer of clothing I had packed). Since leaving the U.S. three months ago I have...
by Sarah Y | Oct 30, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester, _
It has been a while since my last submission as a Bama Blogger — but only because I’ve been travelling! When we all arrived, haggard and jetlagged, in Heathrow airport, we expected a week to get to know people and put our lives in order. However, as...
by Nathan P | Oct 30, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
I thought I had a handle on some of what defined Russian culture before my time abroad in St. Petersburg, yet a few weeks into my trip I realized I knew far more and far less than I’d guessed. You can study the individual pieces that make up a culture at your home...
by Lauren V | Oct 24, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA-Affiliate
Today, I feel the need to tell about adventures, relationships, and growing up. I have always been a free-spirited, exploration-driven person, but studying abroad in Thailand has brought out the beast in me. These past few weeks I’ve learned more about myself, other...
by Celena N | Oct 24, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
I’ve been in Bilbao, Spain, for about a month now. That makes a month of new people, new experiences, new thoughts, and new struggles. I don’t know that there is anything more strange than arriving to a country where your own language is not spoken, and...
by Sarah Y | Oct 8, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
We are drawing closer and closer to October, and classes have yet to start at the University of Leicester. I will be studying from October 6th to December 12th, making this my shortest school year ever — I, and my counterparts at British universities, had a five...
by DJ H | Oct 7, 2014 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange
It’s small. I stretch my legs out, and my chair runs into my bed on the ground – about 3 feet or so from the desk I’m typing at. To my left are a bookshelf and tall, narrow box that is my closet. Just past them is my “kitchen” – a mini-fridge, a sink, a pantry,...
by Lauren V | Sep 19, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA-Affiliate
I have only ever left the country once in my life and that was just this past summer. I went to the Philippines for 2 months and loved Southeast Asia so much that I just had to go back. Now, I find myself in Thailand. The decision to study abroad was rather...
by Sarah J. | Sep 19, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Australia/New Zealand, Education, Semester, UA-Affiliate
I have so much to say about the past five weeks that I’m not really sure where to begin. We’ll give it a go. I’ve done some more traveling around the Auckland area, mostly, and spent one weekend in the capital city of Wellington. While I was there, I spent a...
by Ashley H | Sep 19, 2014 | All Year, Arts & Sciences, Asia, UA-Affiliate
Hello again my readers and study abroad hopefuls! Ashley Haugland here, and I’m happy to announce I’ve made it to Japan! I’ve been here, buckle up kiddies, a whole eleven days. I know, I know. You’re thinking, “She’s gotta be...
by Celena N | Sep 8, 2014 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate
How long have I been imagining this? I can assure you it has been a more substantial period of time than your average 20 year old dwells on these sorts of things. I remember sitting in my first Spanish class in 7th grade, simply obsessed with every new word that...
