by Matthew C | Jan 5, 2024 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
I remember moving from Washington to Louisiana when I was 11 years old. Though we never left the U.S., transitioning from the Pacific Northwest to the Deep South was like moving to a different country. We still spoke English, but the cultural language was foreign....
by Braden Hopkins | Jul 31, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Waterfall fireworks in the main square. In Antigua, Guatemala, July 25th is the holiday called St. James Day. The tradition comes from colonial times, as apostle St. James was the patron saint of the conquistadors that settled the area for Spain. It is a grand...
by Braden Hopkins | Jul 31, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
View of Lake Atitlán from at boardwalk in Panajachel. Our first overnight excursion was to Lake Atitlán, which is located in the highlands of the Sierra Madre Mountain range in southwest Guatemala. On the way through Guatemala’s winding mountain roads, we...
by Leah Kathryn Peacock | Jul 17, 2023 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
My First impression when I arrived in Paris, France, was that it was the biggest city I think I have ever seen. Coming from southern Alabama, this was pretty intimidating at first, but these feelings quickly faded away once I learned about their metro systems. I had...
by C. Flaherty | May 4, 2022 | Engineering, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
Food Spanish food is very diverse depending on the region you are in. While in Spain we have tried many authentic Spanish foods including croquetas, tortilla de patatas, paella, patatas bravas,...
by Caleb P | Jul 30, 2021 | Australia/New Zealand, Commerce & Business, Internship, Summer
Hi everyone, My name is Caleb Pierce, and I am a business management major at the University of Alabama. Several reasons why I wanted to study abroad was to be around people of different ethnicities, cultures, religions, and races. The major factor that had me...
by Jessica T | Jul 30, 2021 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
As a final assignment, each lab group in my course was given a topic about either Denmark, Ireland, or Scotland to present for our class. These topics ranged from European football, the Loch Ness monster, and The Black Death to name a few. My group presented on the...
by Lauren P | Jan 14, 2019 | Arts & Sciences, Asia, Exchange, Semester, _
I’ve wanted to study abroad in Japan since I was in middle school, so of course I was very excited when I first got there. I found that month by month my excitement slowly became replaced by comfort and familiarity, and as I adjusted to Japan it became home to me. Its...
