by Joseph B | Jul 17, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
The festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, is better known as the place where you run with bulls in a packed street. As someone who has done the run (and subsequently received minor injuries), my first recommendation to you would be don’t do it. The most...
by Patrick S | Jul 14, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
My initial impressions of the city of Copenhagen were fantastic! Keeping in tune with our short stay in Amsterdam, we started off our sightseeing in Copenhagen with, you guessed it, a canal tour. The scenes from our boat were phenomenal. I was excited for a tour of...
by Claire B | Jul 14, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I can’t believe that I have already finished over a month in France! I have been to France once before, but this was my first study abroad experience. I am choosing to write this reflection of my trip as my first blog post because I felt that I would not have...
by Patrick S | Jul 13, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Hello! My name is Patrick Steadman, and I have chosen to study abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark for the entire month of July. There will be many posts to come highlighting Copenhagen and any other place I get the opportunity to visit, but this post is focused on another...
by Shellby B | Jul 13, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Three sleepless nights, two over-packed suitcases, and one pre-study abroad beach trip with the family down and tomorrow I head off to Europe. I am studying abroad in Denmark at Denmark Technical University, and am leaving the country for the first time. I am...
by Matthew W | Jul 7, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
I am in a 9 week study abroad program that starts in Rome (3 weeks), continues in Paris (3 weeks) and London (2 weeks) and finishes in Glasgow (1 week). In my five weeks studying abroad, I have taken a lot of photographs. Some of them have been pretty good, which is...
by Elliot S | Jul 7, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I write this post from Rome, having finished my class in Greece. When we started the trip, it was difficult to imagine the scenery getting any better than it could have. We began in Santorini, a class of twenty students. Of those twenty, I had only known two before...
by John C | Jul 6, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
When I got to the airport in Madrid, I knew that the adjustment back into English was going to be a difficult one. The airport employees knew that our group was all Americans and as such, we would usually receive a barrage of English and Spanish words mixed...
by John C | Jun 18, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Back in Tuscaloosa, it seems like every one of my days is planned down to the “t”. With multiple organizations I am involved in along with my chemical engineering major, I am kept very busy, and if I don’t have a game plan going into a day, I would quickly be lost. ...
by Elliot S | Jun 18, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
There are a lot of reasons why I decided to study abroad this Summer in Greece. My first experience traveling to a foreign country came when I was in second grade. My family and I went to Italy for about three weeks during Summer vacation. That first trip made me want...
by Brianna B | Jun 10, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Engineering, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Alright y’all, this is my final post from my trip to Costa Rica! Unfortunately I had to leave a week early for medical reasons, but luckily my teacher was amazing and I have been completing my coursework from the US! If you’re ever unsure while traveling,...
by Haylie H | Jun 4, 2015 | Central America, Engineering, Faculty-Led, Summer
The last part of our trip in Costa Rica with service to Panama was patrolling for sea turtles at San San Pond Sak, an organization created to save these beautiful creatures. At San San Pond Sak we were back to sleeping in a dorm like building on bunk beds instead of...
by Brianna B | Jun 3, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Engineering, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Good Morning everyone! This is my second blog post about my adventures in Costa Rica, and I am very excited about the trip we took the weekend before last to Ostional Turtle Reserve! Ostional is an extremely small town/village type area where the people volunteer to...
by Matthew S | Jun 3, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Semester
Arriving back in America was a great feeling. Knowing that I could communicate effortlessly with everyone was very comforting. I did iss some of the German food and culture, and of course the friends that I made abroad. My study abroad experience has taught me to...
by Ryan H | Jun 3, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
by John C | Jun 2, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I belong to a rare group of human beings. One that has never been past the security gates of an airport. One that has never seen firsthand what the Earth looks like from up above. One of the few that have never in their lives flown in an airplane before. Usually...
by Haylie H | Jun 2, 2015 | Central America, Engineering, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
The main aspect of any Alabama Action Program is service work. Our main service project through Outward Bound took place on Isla Popa, a small island community off the cost of Panama. We had kayaked about 8 miles through the Caribbean Sea to Isla Popa. Of the 9 days...
by Haylie H | May 21, 2015 | Central America, Engineering, Faculty-Led, Summer
After leaving The University of Alabama when spring semester had come to a close and embarking on my adventure to Costa Rica (with service to Panama) I never would have imagined how much of an adventure I was actually signed up for. From driving hours through the run...
by Phillip B | May 21, 2015 | Central America, Engineering, Faculty-Led, Summer
Arriving in Managua, I was shocked at the traffic conditions. Cars zipping in and out like there aren’t any traffic laws. On the roads, different services were done by children begging for money, something I’ve never seen in the United States. The first...
by Brianna B | May 14, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Engineering, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Good afternoon everyone, my name is Brianna, and seeing as this is my first blog EVER I wanted to make sure it was full of awe-inspiring beauty, and maybe some strange pictures of brand new friends! First, a little about what I’m doing right now: I am studying...
