by Carly J | Jul 13, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
How can anyone ever expect you to willingly leave paradise? Leaving Europe was one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do. I was virtually in denial the entire day before I left. I looked at the mountains and palaces that surrounded me and just couldn’t...
by Kaitlin B | Jul 13, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
It’s been 10 days since I first left America to begin my summer adventure abroad, and I have loved every second of it! My mom surprised my sister and I with a family trip to Scotland, Ireland, and England before our actual study abroad session began. I feel like I...
by Emilee B | Jul 13, 2015 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
As I sit and stare at the pile of clothes on my bedroom floor I wonder how I could have let this happen. Its 2 am and my flight leaves in 6 hours. I haven’t put one thing in my suitcase. How does a college student from Alabama pack for London for a month?...
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 Branson H | Jul 13, 2015 | Commerce & Business, South America, Summer, UA-Affiliate
So here I am. After months of planning and preparation, I’m an hour into a five hour layover before I set foot oon a 747 bound for Sao Paulo, Brazil. My decision to embark on this adventure has been the culmination of chance, a great history class, and a desire...
by Ashley A | Jul 13, 2015 | Australia/New Zealand, Faculty-Led, Law, Summer
It truly is a surreal feeling being dropped off at an airport to leave everything you know for 5 weeks. My boyfriend, my new apartment, my pets, and the food in Tuscaloosa I’ve grown to adore. After 26 hours of travel, I’ll be landing in Sydney, Australia and then...
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 Nicholas F | Jul 13, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
It feels weird packing up. For the past four months, all of the people and friends I have met, the places I have seen, and the adventures I have been living will now all be a part of the past. It is hard knowing that Italy is far away from me. Don’t get me...
by Kayla C | Jul 7, 2015 | Asia, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer
I am home now from Cambodia, but I wrote this while there: It’s been a long few days. We flew for 22 hours (not including layover time in Atlanta and Korea) and arrived in Phnom Penh about 11 pm Friday night. Having lost 12 hours of our lives, our bodies were confused...
by Rachael G | Jul 7, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer
My flight for Santiago leaves at 4pm tomorrow. It’s just about here: the day I finally put the “abroad” in study abroad. I’ve been doing plenty of studying of course leading up to the trip. Teaching myself a few Spanish phrases (¿cómo...
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 Talia U | Jul 7, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I have just completed my first week back home in the United States and it was not what I was expecting. I have been able to see my family and friends as well as have some interesting encounters with strangers. When I arrived in the airport, it was weird hearing...
by Abigail R | Jul 7, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
I randomly decided to go to Alabama not knowing much about the school or state and knowing absolutely no one and it ended up being the best decision I’ve ever made. This is also how I decided to go abroad, I believe that all the crazy decisions I’ve made...
by Ashley | Jul 7, 2015 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Tomorrow I set off for England! I’ve spent all summer preparing myself, planning what to pack, and just imagining what daily life will be like. I am studying abroad with UA in Oxford as part of the Honors College. I chose to study abroad because I absolutely...
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 Sarah M | Jul 7, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Faculty-Led, Summer
I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to travel abroad during my college years. Yet, here I am, about to leave for China. My study abroad group and I will be traveling for thirty-six hours to arrive in Xiamen, China. I have absolutely no idea what to...
by Miranda B | Jul 7, 2015 | Europe, Human Environmental Sciences, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Hello, Bama Blog readers! I’m Miranda, a junior studying fashion design at the Paris American Academy in Paris this month. For my first post, I’ll talk about my first impressions of Paris and what I’ve learned so far. I’ve thrown in some...
by Alicia P | Jul 7, 2015 | Europe, Faculty-Led, Nursing, Summer
Woke up on our last day and made last minute checks on all my assignments before turning it in. Three of us decided to go get waffles on a stick but turns out they actually didn’t have any so we got crepes instead, good last breakfast in Greece. From there...
by Karissa A | Jul 6, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Traveling, even for the most grounded person, is something I think all of us dream of doing. In secret, openly, everyone wants to see parts of the world they have never seen before. No matter if it’s a neighboring county or the opposite hemisphere. For me, I...
by Taylor R | Jul 6, 2015 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Well, my name is Taylor Ramble and about one year ago I decided that I wanted to go abroad. I am now one week away from starting classes in Oxford, England. I leave for Atlanta in 6 days and I still don’t have everything I need. In the beginning I thought that...
