Last July, just as my University of Illinois students rode the train over the unseen Scottish/English border on their way from London to Edinburgh, all eyes were suddenly staring out the windows at the lush green landscape. It felt like you could almost hear the bagpipes in the air.
As a part of the UIUC summer [...]
This past weekend, under the watchful eye of the rarely seen English winter sun, I brought my students to Stratford Upon Avon. With the weather in full cooperation and all students settled nicely into their cozy B&B’s I handed out information packs, maps and tickets to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of King Lear.
Upon [...]
New semesters are always crazy. When new students come together, in a new country with a new culture, and new classes with new faculty, involved in new activities with new programme leaders, it is bound to be just that…Crazy!
This year, my student arrived in the middle of England’s cold snap. Being from upstate New York, [...]
The best adventures and memories that I have experienced this fall was when I went out and travelled by myself. You gain a personal attachment to the specific destination and a sense of achievement that is indescribable when ‘going it alone’. During my time in London, I have trekked to the towns of Gloucester, Leeds, [...]
In addition to being a study abroad manager to my many American students in the UK and Ireland, I am currently studying for my MA in Contemporary History and Politics at the University of London. Though I am sure you would find all of my reading, highly riveting, I will refrain from regurgitating everything I [...]
A disturbing experience happened to me yesterday while moving a carload of possessions from my current flat in Sant Cugat del Valles to a new one in central Barcelona. Moving house presents an opportunity to jettison old clothes, broken appliances and other clutter that takes up space but seems to offer little current value in [...]
The night was awash with a wonderful wintery glow that only comes during this time of year as the country gets ready for the holidays. We left the busy streets of London and caught a train from Kings Cross to Harpenden where we piled into taxis for a brief jaunt into Redbourne. There, in a [...]
by Emily Nunes
There was definitely a chilly autumnal bite in the air as we got off the train in Cambridge. Luckily the sky was blue and sun shining, making it a beautiful day for sight seeing.
There is a strange historical essence to Cambridge that you find in very few places in the US. The university [...]
Although I am all about social media/social networking these days, I think I should start at the beginning. There are far too many methods of communications these days and you don’t want to spread yourself too thin across various media. You’ll weaken your message and waste your time. Although I’m going to explain in this [...]
With the election looming, studying abroad and foreign relations has become more high profile. Overseeing Americans abroad and watching them grow over the course of only a few months shows how important traveling outside of one’s country can be. Some individuals feel that they can learn about another country from books alone. History, linguistic grammar [...]
