Bama Bloggers Abroad
My Service-Learning Experience and Arrival Back into the United States
I chose to complete my service-learning program in Cape Town, South Africa. Service-learning allowed me to reflect on my experience within my host community, increasing the relevance of various...
Living like a Local and Exploring like a Tourist
I will admit, my biggest travel fear is looking like a tourist. I am not the kind of person to enjoy drawing attention to myself and I am very, very easily embarrassed. Unfortunately for me, this...
Extra European Travel
For my study abroad experience, I chose the UA in Spain program. One of my favorite parts about this program was that we got to explore other locations as well as just Madrid. Our Saturday...
Transport in the time of a Transportation Shortage
Isn't there anything more beautiful than a properly functioning public transportation system? At least, when it is properly functioning. When I first arrived in the UK, there was something amazing...
Half way through living in Rome!
A panoramic of the Colosseum!! Ever since I have started school here in Rome, it’s been so difficult to do a school day and try to see all the sights. My friends and I have come up with a good...
Heading to Denmark
I was excited to take the chemical engineering unit operations lab in Copenhagen, Denmark for the month of July. To prepare for the trip I began to learn common Danish phrases and read up about the...
Arriving in Porto, Portugal
I’m studying abroad in Porto, Portugal for credit in the International Business course for my MBA. The faculty-led program is called the European Innovation Academy, and is a three week startup...
Some Reflections Before a Hike in a Land Beyond Imagination
Return to America
Stonehenge
Adjusting to a New Culture
My name is Madeline Bunch, and I'm currently studying abroad in Germany. I noticed some differences throughout the 4 weeks I've been here. The one that was one of the toughest for me to adjust to...
Post-Trip reflections
I’m home from France now, and back to work at my summer job. Everyday, I come across something new that I miss about living in France that I hadn’t thought of before. Of course I miss the people I...
July 17: Potpourri
Readers, I'm still here. And why wouldn't I be? My COVID was relatively mild, all things considered. I'm over a week out of isolation and little the worse for it. (I still cough a bit. But that’s...
Documenting Your Travels
Learning outside of the traditional classroom also comes with the challenge of professors designing a course different from the typical format of lectures, homework, and exams. While this is not to...
Big Al’s Adventure to El Escorial
Big Al started this Saturday morning with a 45-minute bus ride through the curvy hills of Spain on his way to El Escorial. Accordingly, he has his mask to abide by the mask rule on all public...
Study Abroad Mid-Trip
Prior to arriving in Copenhagen, I arrived in Amsterdam for a layover. Here, I had 30 minutes to get across 4 terminals to catch my Copenhagen flight. After racing through the airport and having a...
Just Landed: A Month in Portugal
Since I was a freshman in college, I have heard about a trip to the European Innovation Academy in Portugal with the STEM Path to the MBA. It was advertised as an opportunity like no...
Pre-Departure Thoughts and Reflections
As my UA in Belgium trip quickly approaches, I can’t help but fall in love with the preparation process. I love Europe and the French language, and this trip has given me a good excuse to...
Pre-Depature: UA in Belize
Choosing a study abroad program was a difficult decision, I wanted to experience something new while fulfilling my interests that I have not been able to pursue while at college. When I came across...
A Treasure Hunt in Bristol
One of my classes, EN422, focuses on the Real Pirates of the Caribbean. In our class, one of our projects is to travel to Bristol, finding six key locations from back in the day. This place really...
The Kindness of Aussies and How it helped me overcome homesickness while interning abroad
Meeting the people of Australia has easily been my favorite part of completing my internship abroad. I am interning for an Australian Rules Football club, or “footy” as they call it. The boys on the...
Who Wouldn’t LOVE This Belizean Life??
I feel that I have to start by saying that this is inevitably going to be one of the best experiences of my life. I'm over halfway through my trip now and It's been everything I imagined and so much...
First time abroad? Here are some tips!
This summer, I went on two faculty-led study abroad trips: UA in Guatemala: Development and Human Rights and UA in Spain: Language and Culture. Before studying abroad, I had very limited travel...
Traveling Beyond the Program: A European Summer
Let’s All Go to the…High Table?
As if Worcester College doesn't feel enough like Hogwarts, we have about two fancy dinners during this shebang. If I had been a good little kid and read my HP, I would've known what those nice...
Adventures While in Spain
Royal Alcázar of Seville Catedral de Sevilla Being halfway through my program I have definitely made the most of my time here so far. My first week I went on a catamaran with a couple other girls in...
Florence Food Withdrawals
It has been about a week since I returned from studying abroad and I am already missing Florence so much! I was worried about adjusting back to normal life when I returned home but it hasn’t been...
Going Abroad: What to do Before?
All your worries go away when you have a sunset like this. It’s been a few weeks since I returned from my trip abroad in Croatia. In that time, I have done a lot of reflecting on my trip. Since...
Weekend Trips in Italy
One thing I love about Italy is how easy it is to travel within the country. You can easily buy tickets for a train and travel wherever you want to go! Figuring out the train system was a little...
UA in Colombia: Un Dia en Medellin
There were many fantastic experiences throughout our trip to Colombia. Near the end of the six weeks, we visited the city of Medellin. While there were plenty of fun excursions throughout the study...
The Countdown Is On… Just One Day Left…
My view from my window seat on the plane to London. If you would have told me a year ago that today, I would be sitting in the airport waiting to board my first international flight to Heathrow...
Arriving at Oxford!
Arriving in England was unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life. As someone who had never before ventured out of the United States, going to another country has been incredibly...
UA in Spain: Home Away From Home
Looking out the window over Spain as the plane was landing was so surreal. I had dreamt about this moment for 3 years. The first thing I noticed was that there were a lot more trees and open spaces...
What to do if you only had one day in Madrid
My unique thoughts and experience before my trip to Brussels.
Los Cinco Sentidos de Madrid
Lawson Colgate
Did I remember everything?
Reflecting on My Time Abroad
So, I returned home from Europe about two weeks ago and I waited to write my final blog post so I could I have time to digest the many new experiences I was able to have while studying abroad. I can...
Awaiting Experience
Trevi Fountain - Benson Knowles My whole life, I have always been interested in traveling to different places and learning about their culture and history. I chose to study abroad because I wanted...
Can you have fun while taking classes abroad?
The answer is yes! Studying abroad is a really thrilling experience and it can get very overwhelming at certain times. I am currently doing two sessions of UA in Spain. Each session consist of two...
UA in Belgium: Pre-Departure
I am on my way to Belgium for the 2022 UA in Belgium: Political Science trip! This is the first summer of faculty led programs since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, so travel looks a little...
Must see places
One of my favorite parts about studying abroad is being able to travel to other places easily. I have traveled almost every weekend since studying in Barcelona. Since I also do an internship here, I...
Preparing for a Month in Europe
I have been anticipating my study abroad trip for quite a while now and the day has finally come for me to pack and prepare to fly overseas. Not only is this going to be my first time abroad, but...
Why Colombia?
First Week in Florence
Hello! I am Kendall Moore, a rising Junior majoring in Advertising and minoring in Communication Studies and Digital Consumer Engagement. I have wanted to study abroad for basically all of my life...
“The World’s…” Greatest Experience
Being a Coffee-Drinker in Tea-Town: UA in Oxford
While England is known for its long-standing marriage to tea, the area surrounding the University of Oxford seems to be teeming with cafés with full menu espresso offerings. As someone who was...
WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE IN PARIS
After spending a week in Paris, it became clear to me that the city is absolutely full of hidden gems. While the typical tourist activities of going to see the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night and...
UA Greece: Fun
UA Greece group met a great group of people view our hotel in Delphi Delphi Theater at Epidaurus Palamidi Castle Mycenae UA Greece UA Greece Temple of Poseidon Pefkori Beach Thessolaniki Boat Ride...
How the French preserve their culture
Besides the stereotypical differences between Europe and The U.S. that you expect to see when you go to France, such as different architecture styles and smaller cars, there is one major difference...