by Savannah W | Aug 10, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
May 15th, 2015: Goodbye Dublin! We all woke up early since we had to be in the lobby at 7:45. I am a huge procrastinator when it comes to packing so I did not get a whole lot of sleep at all. Luckily, we all made it on the bus and got to the airport. This is...
by Caroline | Aug 7, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Country sides covered in castles, gelato and churros before an afternoon siesta, and cheering for Madrid’s prized soccer team sounds like a dream, but for me it was a wonderful reality. A summer in Spain can be a little surreal, living in the historically rich culture...
by Lauren D | Aug 7, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
“In people’s eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men shuffling and swinging; brass bands; barrel organs; in the triumph and the jingle and the strange high singing of...
by Savannah W | Aug 7, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
May 9th, 2015 Today was our first day trip! It was such a fun day, but it came with a price. We had to be in the lobby at 6 in the morning. From the lobby, we went to the Heuston train station. We had breakfast in the station and I shared my scone with a pigeon...
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 Vyt P | Aug 6, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Exchange, Semester
As I sit here on my laptop in the middle of my parents kitchen I begin to reflect on my life starting at the young age of 11. I was brought to Tuscaloosa in the 4th grade when my dad received a job offer to be an engineering professor at The University of Alabama....
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...
