by Tori C | Aug 7, 2015 | Australia/New Zealand, Commerce & Business, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Strap your ears and eyes in tightly, because they’re going for a ride in this post. Two months ago, I boarded a plane from Birmingham, Alabama, bound for Gold Coast, Australia. The flight time was 31 hours total, and I was so excited, I didn’t sleep the...
by Savannah W | Aug 7, 2015 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I just wanted to use this first blog to introduce what my trip was all about and add a couple details about our first days abroad. For almost the entire month of May, I went on a faculty-led study abroad trip with the University of Alabama for Data Analytics and...
by Nicole M | Aug 7, 2015 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Wrapping up our last two weeks in Oxford has been an amazingly hectic journey. From class assignments to souvenir shopping for friends, it’s been hard to find the time to even relax. But it’s been wonderful! We’ve made an effort to pack in as much as...
by Miranda B | Aug 7, 2015 | Europe, Human Environmental Sciences, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Studying at the Paris American Academy has been the main part of my trip. I am taking a class called Design Process, in which I find inspiration, design a full collection, and create a portfolio of my finished work. I am also taking various workshops called Essentials...
by Amy J | Aug 7, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Although I am glad to be home, I am already missing being abroad. It is strange not being with the people that you have spent weeks with abroad and not having to pay for water at restaurants anymore. Although the experience is over, I know that the memories and the...
by Claire B | Aug 6, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
After an amazing month and a half in France (and then a visit to London), I finally made it to Denmark! This is the first time I have been in a Scandinavian country and also the furthest north I have ever been in my life! Denmark is on the same latitude as Canada, so...
by Shellby B | Aug 6, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Noma was ranked the number one restaurant in the world 4 of the last 6 years. And I. Ate. There. How crazy is that?! When my professors said they were planning to try and get a reservation (reservations for July have to be made at the beginning of April) I jumped at...
by Madison M | Aug 6, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
We had the privilege of being in Galway during the International Arts Festival. People from around the world travel to this annual festival. This festival lasts an entire week and is full of amazing plays, art exhibitions, concerts, and street performances. As part of...
by Nicole M | Aug 6, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Ending a long week of studying in Oxford, this past weekend we traveled to Penshurst Place, Canterbury, then Dover! On Friday morning we took our bus to Penshurst Place, the ancestral home of the Sidney family and also the birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney, a great...
by Patrick S | Aug 5, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
We decided to take a visit to the wonderful district of Helsingør in the greater Copenhagen area. Helsingør is home to the very old and very famous Kronborg Castle. Kronborg Castle served as the inspiration for the setting of Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s...
by Seth C | Aug 5, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
It is hard to believe that my travels in Europe are over. It does not seem that long ago that I was packing my bags and trying to figure out what I actually needed to bring. Over the past five weeks I took a UA class in Greece, and then traveled through Italy, Spain,...
by Allison M | Aug 5, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
“America is my country and Paris is my hometown.” -Gertrude Stein Dorthy had it right. There’s no place like home. When I first arrived at the airport in the US, still hours and a second flight from home, I felt immense relief. All the little...
by Emilee B | Aug 5, 2015 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
It’s been 2 days since I’ve been home, and I’m already trying to find ways to get myself back to the UK. It’s nice to be back home and see my family and friends, who I missed dearly, but the past month went by fast, too fast, and now it seems like it was all just a...
by Sierra B | Aug 5, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I have been back at home for about a month now. When I first arrived back into the United States, I was very happy to see all of my family and friends. I really missed them all and could not wait to share my experience with them. The first thing I did when arriving at...
by Kaitlin B | Aug 5, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Sitting here at my kitchen table after 23 hours of traveling makes the last month of my life seems like a dream. It’s hard for me to think about how the trip I’ve spent so many months planning and looking forward to is already over. It didn’t take long for my little...
by Matthew W | Aug 5, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
We all have that one friend–likely even more. I’m talking about that friend that is constantly posting about his/her latest travel adventure. Maybe you know folks that will tell you all about their travels on the occasions they are in the same country as...
by Tyler W | Aug 3, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I arrived in Europe with a pretty sour feeling. I was dreadfully tired from not sleeping for 28 hours and my first plane ride was pretty long and tiring, and customs took so long to get through, so it was a crazy long experience, but I was surprised with how amazing...
by Savannah S | Aug 3, 2015 | Asia, Commerce & Business, Faculty-Led, Summer
When you travel to another country you realize how different, and sometimes really strange, other cultures are compared to your own. While I was abroad I saw and experienced things that I would only see in China. So here is a composed list of all the things I would...
by Jennifer N | Aug 3, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Singing “Sweet Home Alabama” in Dublin While my Study Abroad was only a Maymester, I still was able to visit two countries for a considerable amount of time. We had scheduled ten days in Dublin, Ireland and ten days in Istanbul, Turkey. Out of the two I...
by Lindsay S | Aug 3, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer
When my initial investigations began for the study abroad trip to Chile, I realized quite quickly that between Santiago, Easter Island, and Valparaiso, all the various facets of my personality would be catered to quite nicely. From my over-eager examination the three...
