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Dec. 04
And so the countdown begins.
Am I worried? You could say that. But to say that I am excited, would be an utmost understatement. There is something about that 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. warmth. Fingers glued to ASDFJKL;, my right thumb never forgetting that never neglected…
Mar. 09
Thoughts on North Korea
If you have been anywhere near a news program recently you have likely noticed that North Korea is threatening war to South Korea and the United States because of sanctions and other diplomatic actions taken against North Korea after their…
Dec. 19
Studying Abroad in France or The Sh*t Pamphlets Won’t Tell You
If you’ve stumbled across this blog, it’s probably because you entered any combination of the words ‘study abroad’ and ‘france’ into a search engine in preparation for your own adventures to the land of romance and cheese. I certainly remember…
Feb. 24
Post #1 – “So Much Culture….. Shock”
Two weeks ago I embarked on a four month journey to study abroad at the University of Economics in Prague, CZ. Although it has only been an intense, short couple weeks, it feels as if Prague has already been home…
Jun. 20
How to Keep a Guy (or girl) Across 10 Time Zones
I don’t really like to post about my personal life on blogs, unless it’s somehow related to the story I’m sharing or the thoughts I’m having. But a long distance relationship across a bunch of times zones is not easy. And…
Jan. 20
Always on the Move
Traveling is my only goal both in and out of the classroom at this precise moment in time. Researching study abroad programs, national study abroad funding, graduate programs abroad, internships abroad, and even gap semesters have consumed my life ever…
Jan. 07
Money- the biggest barrier in travel planning
Hey everyone, So usually I don’t do this but my friend is in need of help! She’s been recently accepted to the 16th World Business Dialogue, which is the biggest business convention in the world. Not to mention that she…
Aug. 03
Hej!
My name is Tracie and I’m a rising junior at Bowdoin College. This fall, I will be studying abroad with the DIS program in Copenhagen, Denmark! I’m originally from a small town in Maine (called Corinth, hence the title), and…
Dec. 14
About Me
My name is Michelle Hanson and I go to school in a small town of Wisconsin. I can only assume that you are reading this blog because you are interested in my study abroad. Therefore, I decided I should make…
Aug. 10
Settling in.
Well, I’ve gone and done it. Flown over to the USA. It still hasn’t sunk in that I’m here, miles and miles away from everything I’ve ever known. The plane over seemed never-ending. I tried to sleep (as I had…
Aug. 21
….And Back Again
I’m sitting on a second-story balcony of an apartment that has no air conditioner and is not yet familiar enough to be called home. My view is broken by telephone wires, a street, and a parking lot. Downward and to…
Oct. 15
Mannam Cult Awareness
Never thought I post something like this as my first post. Before I get into the boring stuff, if you’re planning on studying abroad in Korea. Please be aware of this group: ”Mannam association” aka Shinchonji. It is a cult! NEVER GO TO…
Oct. 02
Only 3 1/2 more months…
I applied to my program last March and now the trip is right around the corner! Unfortunately, the days seem to drag on. I keep thinking “why can’t I be in Costa Rica already?” I can’t wait to get on…
May. 10
¡Bienvenidos!
Hola a todo el mundo. Me llamo Waldy, y me voy a Salamanca este verano. ¡Estoy muy emocionada para ir! Será mi primer vuelo fuera de los estados unidos. Okay, enough with the Spanish. I’m super excited to be going to…
Apr. 06
What to Know if You’re Thinking About Studying Abroad…
Hello all! This is my second post here at SGG, and I think it’s one that most people should know. I recently got accepted into my university’s study abroad program (YAY!!), but I’m still not done yet. If you are…
Feb. 11
Study Abroad Resources: Other Study Aboard Students
My own study abroad experience wouldn’t have been possible without many people who have helped me along the way. My professors, my parents, UNCA’s wonderful study abroad office. My time along the way of studying abroad wouldn’t have been as…
Mar. 10
Top 3 places in Vietnam
I got a question from the SGG team asking what are the top 3 places to visit in Vietnam. As I was answering the question, I found myself going on and on about the reasons why I loved these places,…
Jan. 06
This world
You know what I realized earlier this week? After my semester study in Morocco and my travels to Spain, Italy, UK, and possibly France, I would have been to every continent except for Australia [and well, Antarctica]! How cool is…
Sep. 26
Just Touched Down in London Town!
Well I have been here for a couple days, but I am finally able to sit down and write. So much has happened since I have arrived that I really am still trying to take it all in. But to…
Dec. 27
One Week ‘Til Takeoff
In exactly one will I will be driving down to Chicago, where I will fly to JFK, meet up with other study abroad students, and take a group flight to Heathrow. It is hard to believe that something I have…
May. 12
Live Chat – Yay or Nay?
SGG Bloggers/Users: Would you be interested in having us implement a live chat feature like as seen in the header image above? Some of the benefits: Ability to create and join private one-on-one and group chats Ability to chat with…
Jun. 04
Finally uploaded my first vLog!
Title pretty much says it all haha. I’m going to be documenting my journey in Japan, not only through StudentsGoneGlobal, but also through videos on YouTube and posts on Tumblr. My Tumblr has been active for a while, ever since…
Nov. 18
Taking the Highlands
So recently New York University London just had its Fall Break. It’s not really a break per se- it’s a whole week off classes in exchange for overworking us working hard this entire year. Unfortunately, we also had to make…
Oct. 10
Big girls don’t cry (ooooh yeah they do)
“Live to the point of tears” – Camus Someone bought me a birthday card with this quote on a few years back, and it’s stuck with me, mainly because I am the person with the most amount of emotions. I…
Feb. 01
True Life: I’m an intern at National Geographic
While most of you are starting to plan your adventures abroad (and trust me there will be many), I’ve started to embark on my own adventures back in Washington, D.C. A few weeks ago I started my dream internship at…
Aug. 27
Hello.
So, I’ve currently been blogging on my tumblr: travelingbuckeye.tumblr.com so I might regurgitate some of those posts until I catch up more on my homework. Anyway, I’m Liz and I’m a 20 year old Ohio State Buckeye studying in Geneva…
Mar. 05
How To Travel On A Budget: Student Edition
So you’ve got yourself a case of what we travelers refer to as wanderlust, or the desire to explore the world and be adventurous while doing so. Welcome to the club; I hope you’ve prepared yourself for a crazy ride…
Aug. 01
Anyone studied abroad somewhere REALLY cold?
Basically, as the title says – has anyone else studied abroad somewhere really cold? I’m going to Sapporo in Japan, which is known for its fiercely cold winters and months of snow pretty much every day. I’m from England which…
Mar. 08
Hello world!
Hello Students Gone Global! My name is Ainsley! I am 21 years old from south Louisiana. This year I have begun a great journey and I now live in Brighton & Hove in the United Kingdom. I haven’t been able…
Jan. 01
50 Things I Want To Do Abroad
Spain is getting closer every single second. I just recently broke the 200-hour barrier and I’m creeping towards the 150-hour barrier. Due to that, as well as the fact that I’ve received my WONDERFUL gift for my host family (a…
Nov. 18
A lesson on food in New Zealand.
A few weeks ago I went out with my partner and his brother to a Cobb and Co (NZ restaurant chain) for lunch. We ordered a delicious meal + a pav, which was great but I also had an extra…
Jan. 08
The Fiji Bucket List!
I think it’s really important to have an idea of what you want to do and goals for studying abroad. So this is my bucket list pertaining to Fiji. When my study abroad program is over I will come back to this…
Mar. 10
Post #2 “ROMA – Gelato, Pizza and Pasta”
I’ll just go right ahead and start by doing us all a favor…… WHEN. IN. ROME. There! With no overly dramatic anticipation of the cliché “when in Rome” quote, you can all take back the bets you placed on when it…
Mar. 09
Traveling & homeschool
Hi! My name is Clarissa. I talk a lot I am 8 years old. My birthday is in July. I am traveling for 8 months around the world with my mom who is homeschooling me. I am in 3rd grade.…
Mar. 11
Starting the process
Well hello there! So I’ve been accepted by my home university and officially sent off my UK application! Now just waiting to hopefully hear back some good news! I’m stoked just to be considered and so excited to live in…
Aug. 06
The start of a new way of living
So sure, exchange is probably one of the best and biggest decisions you could ever make. I’m not sure if it’s just me, but in preparation for exchange it gets very hectic. I have pretty much organised my own exchange…
Apr. 10
Race and Study Abroad
For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Eric, and I am a junior at the University of Southern California who decided to study abroad in Paris for a whole year. For those that know me a…
Jan. 28
Adrenaline!
Hello everyone! I have a lot of stories to share this time On our way to Rotorua we attended a sheep show and learned all about the different types of sheep that are bred here and the quality of wool.…
Jul. 10
Night photography: more than just pretty lights
I really like to take night shots of cities and places that I visit. I’ve had a few opportunities to photograph Seoul at night, although it is a tricky task without a tripod. There is something a little bit magical…
Dec. 22
Introductory Post
So I came across this website when Students Gone Global liked one of my Tumblr posts about wanting to make a travel blog. So here I am. I’m a student at the University of Evansville who will be spending January…
Aug. 15
#StudyAbroadProblems
So, I have been in Spain for about 3 weeks now, and between my Tumblr and Twitter, I have had quite a few “study abroad problems.” Here I’m going to compile them from both social networking sites and also some…
Aug. 11
Hellooooo Kenya!
Almost a week in Kenya! Wow. Where to start….its has been AMAZING so far. I landed safely at the Nairobi airport on August 6th. We were picked up by the program staff and spent two days at a local YMCA…
Oct. 25
Tickets=purchased!
My tickets to London are officially purchased! It still hasn’t hit me that I’ll be living abroad for four months. Right now, I’m mostly bogged down in the bureaucracy of the Study Abroad/Financial Aid/Internship program/et cetera of Mizzou. I’m thankful,…
Mar. 20
Let Me Introduce Myself
Hello all! To kick things off, let me tell you a bit about myself. I’m currently finishing out my Sophomore year at the University of Kentucky. I’m studying Linguistics and trying to figure out what route I want to take…
Jan. 26
The Number One Rule of Improv.
I’m not quite sure where to start. You may be thinking “Well, just start with the beginning!” But it’s really not that simple. What exactly qualifies as the beginning of this journey? Was it that train ride homeward from the…
Mar. 08
hola :)
SGG contacted me a few days ago after discovering some of my travel posts from my tumblr, so here I am! Unfortunately I’m no longer abroad, but the last 5 weeks have been so amazing that I still think about…
Aug. 29
Hello world!
Edited: Feature Picture Being a Computer Science major and nerd, I had to keep the default “Hello World!” as my first post For those that don’t understand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_world_program My flight leaves in less then 2 days (August 31 @ 1:50pm…
Dec. 04
DC.
So, for Thanksgiving Break, Meaghan and I flew to Washington D.C. for a few days. There were a few International students who wanted to experience the full Thanksgiving meal and tradition and would spend their Break at their roommate’s home…
Jun. 20
Limassol, Paphos and Lefkara.. Oh My!
I figured it was time for another blog. We didn’t have wifi over the weekend while we were in Paphos, and I know at least my mom and grandparents are really interested, so I have a lot of catching up…
Jan. 15
SO, Here’s The Scoop
HELLO AGAIN! Danika checking in. It is currently 7:29 PM here in Athens, Greece. I apologize for not blogging recently! I have been super busy with school starting up and the excursions we recently went on. This past weekend we…
May. 10
Lizzie McGuire wasn’t kidding.
This really is what dreams are made of. I swear, every time I turn a corner, I’m astounded all over again by Rome’s incredible beauty, breathtaking architecture and riveting history. The featured photo is from Piazza Navona, a famous piazza…
Aug. 31
Week One
To put my first full week in a nutshell… well, quite simply, it went by quickly! Classes aren’t too dreadful. Anthropology is entertaining to say the least with my spastic professor and only 5 classmates. I have yet to have…
Aug. 20
Why Denmark? The infrastructure, of course!
Hey cool people! Like any cool, hip collegiate, I thought I would write my experiences to allow strangers and travel-minded people to read and possibly live vicariously through. That, and hopefully this experience will be an amazing blur and rereading…
Oct. 31
Hello!
As written in my information section, my name is Danielle and I’m currently studying abroad in Prague this semester. I’ve been here since late August and I can honestly say that I’m having the time of my life. I’ve been…
Jan. 17
A Love Letter to London
Dearest London, I must say I miss you very very much. I am the type of woman who falls in love with places, more then she does with people. And London. I can’t lie. I fell for you. Hard. I…
Dec. 21
大家好
你们好！ 我叫爱希。 我明年二月会去上海学习中文和中国文化。 Hello, everyone. My name is Ashley. February of next year, I will go to Shanghai to study Chinese language and culture. I’ve got 60 days left, I’m so nervous ;_;
Sep. 01
Hello world!
I’ll be studying in Berlin for the year and will try to update with as much pictures and commentaries as I can. I have been here for a month already and have just settled into a new apartment. Apartment searching…
May. 24
Moscow 2013!
Hi! I was just invited to start blogging for Students Gone Global and I wanted to tell you about myself and my study abroad. I currently study Russian Language and Literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and…
Oct. 17
The Great Barrier Reef. Finally.
The post that my family back home has been waiting for. I, Amy Rose Lipsky, officially dove the Great Barrier Reef. The reef was one of the main reasons why I chose to study in Cairns. I had hopes of…
Apr. 04
Whatever you do, don’t call them Spanish!
Today I received the results of a Catalan exam I did a couple of days ago. I got 97%. I mean, if you had told this-time-last-year-me that in a year, I would just have received almost a hundred percent in…
Apr. 01
My first post!
Hey all! So I’m new to this community, so give me a bit of a chance to get situated here! I’m going to be studying in London at QMUL from September 2013 till June 2014 (academic year!) so I’ll have…
Sep. 27
Coming soon!
I owe you all updates! I still need to blog about the time I went to see a Portuguese style bull fight, #StudyAbroadProblems part 2, my last few days in Salamanca, and homecoming. I promise, I will have them up…
Jan. 17
Prague Recommendations
Places to eat: 1. Ferdinanda: located directly next door to CET. Here you’ll find affordable Czech food and beer, at your convenience. 2. V Cipu: located down the street from CET diagonally left from Soup in the City (which is…
Feb. 18
7 Things I DO NOT Regret About Studying Abroad
In the past I mentioned some of the things I regretted about studying abroad and, while I’m glad so many found it helpful, I hated how negative I seemed to come off in it. I decided to follow up that post with…
Aug. 17
True Life: I Overpacked for Study Abroad
I’m less than a day away from leaving the U.S. and I find myself in a bit of an odd position. I’m writing this laying on the hardwood floor of a friend’s apartment in northern Jersey. Now you might be…
Feb. 14
Bring your own TP
So I haven’t really been feeling homesick here in Costa Rica but let me tell you when you walk around the whole campus and there’s no toilet paper in any restroom, you start longing for home. I even went into…
May. 03
Goodbye Netherlands, hello Denmark.. or Austria?
Apparently the Magellan Exchange office had a problem with Zuyd School in Maastricht. They weren’t answering the mails nor sending the info we needed to for my friend and my exchange. So they decided to cancel all transitions between them.…
Feb. 13
“Home, to me, has always been a foreign concept…”
Two and a half weeks ago, while I was sitting in my room in London at 4 am trying to deal with insomnia, I got a crazy idea. What if I threw together a few clips that showed what my…
Nov. 18
Introduction
This blog will follow my twin sister and I’s semester abroad at the University of Glasgow. I’ll talk about all the fun stuff and some of the boring stuff (expenses, budgeting, tips). A little background. I’m Taylor, some people call…
Dec. 28
Leaving Milan 14/12/12
Here it is, the sappy yet true, farewell post: Reflecting back on my time abroad…it seems like a week ago my mom with teary eyes dropped me off at LAX. Her little girl was about to go half way around…
Mar. 12
I’m going to Spain!
Its official! I’m going to Alicante, Spain for the year!! I can’t believe it, this is a dream come true! I have loved to travel for as long as I can remember and my dream of living abroad really…
Dec. 26
Interning in China or That Time I was an Illegal Immigrant
So, I’ve alluded to it in the past but I’ve never talked in depth about my summer internship in China. Yep, all those pictures I’ve shared of myself jaunting around China were taken in between working for the company New Oriental, teaching…
Mar. 01
Follow me on Tumblr!
Uh, hi to anyone reading this. Right, so I was unable to successfully link my Study Abroad Tumblr blog to this so I’m just going to provide the link here: emilyinwalesallonsy.tumblr[.]com (*Take the brackets out of the .com)
Sep. 11
Hello Students Gone Global!
Me llamo Shani. I am planning on studying abroad in Alicante, Spain. YAY! However, I will not be leaving until the spring semester. I have approximately five months till I leave. Which, terrifies me, but I can hardly wait. Odd…
May. 16
Predictions for my first two weeks home:
1. I will probably gain about 50 pounds 2. I will end up crying a lot at random things 3. I will spend a lot of time with family 4. I won’t know what to do with being so connected…
Mar. 02
Off the beaten path
When studying abroad, or travelling long-term in general, you go through stages. When I first arrived in Aberdeen, I was a little overwhelmed. I arrived here, exactly 3340 miles from home, essentially alone. And I’d be here for 5 months.…
Jul. 27
The First of Many Lists
Ok so I realize it has only been two days since I last posted, but I am too excited. Today I had a garage sale to raise some extra travel/spending money, so I’ve been thinking about things I want to…
Mar. 17
A Hitchhiker’s Guide To Not Getting ‘Taken’
“Now what?” Those were the two words that suddenly wouldn’t stop flashing in my mind as I stepped off the RER train on the outskirts of Paris last Saturday. My friend Jen and I had decided that for our winter…
Aug. 03
Ready or Not!
I only have two days left in the Midwest until I embark on my nine month journey in Kenya, East Africa. When my countdown began in February Kenya seemed like a world away, but the past three months of summer…
Apr. 12
Fun Facts About Sweden
I’ve noticed lately that I’ve been focusing more on my travels than on my time IN Sweden, so here are some of my observations! -Everyone wears skinny jeans. And by everyone, I mean everyone. While they may not be…
Jan. 15
How to Pack for Small Trips
Every poor college student traveling Europe knows the wonder that is RyanAir. Round trip flight from France to Norway for 20 euros? There’s no way to say ‘no’ to that! While I still don’t know quite how they manage to…
Dec. 12
Plane tickets, scholarship, and the next step!
My last update was three weeks ago and many things have happened since then. After getting the notification of my acceptance, I began to think about purchasing the plane tickets. I’ve been watching the plane tickets rise and fall for…
Feb. 04
First Day of School
I felt quite nervous this morning when I walked with Pepi to the school. This is my observation week though and I’ve been told several times by everyone not to worry. We dropped our things in her classroom and then…
Mar. 28
Melk
Melk is what you could call the “center” of my study abroad program. It is a small town on the Wachau in Lower Austria, with a very famous and spectacular Abbey. Stift Melk. It also happens to be where I go to…
Dec. 30
Some Facts!
So here goes my first post on this thing! I have decided to start off with some key facts about Istanbul, since I get asked these all the time. 1. THEY SPEAK TURKISH, NOT FARSI OR ARABIC! I get this…
Dec. 21
Long Distance Love
While I’m gone, I’m going to be in a relationship; of course, this means I’ve looked up tips for how to keep in touch and stuff like that. Unfortunately, almost every site I’ve said the same thing: “If you’re going…
Jun. 21
Hello world!
Object of thought: Chayote Albums while composing: “White Pepper” by Ween & “Tracks” by The Long Distance Runners I had a feeling that by the time this got posted I would know the name…
