by Logan | Aug 19, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Dublin: Dublin is great. The people are great, and they definitely know how to cook potatoes! I also love how easy it is to get around here! The public transportation is magnificent and I am definitely going to miss it when I’m...
by Matthew W | Aug 18, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
I’ve been home for a little bit now, and the subsequent question after “How was it?” is usually “Which place was your favorite?” I want to give a definitive ranking of my favorite cities, based on my experiences, from my time in Europe:...
by Joseph B | Aug 18, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
The Palio di Siena is a horse race that is held twice each year, on July 2 and August 16, in Siena, Italy. Anyone traveling abroad during those two dates in Europe should make an effort go see this thrilling and culturally rich tradition. Here’s my attempt at...
by Shellby B | Aug 17, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I posted this blog post on my personal blog, at the beginning of my study abroad, and I forgot to share it here. So this post is a little late, but here it is! It’s only been two days of travel and it already it feels like a month! Yesterday we flew in and spent...
by Claire B | Aug 6, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
After an amazing month and a half in France (and then a visit to London), I finally made it to Denmark! This is the first time I have been in a Scandinavian country and also the furthest north I have ever been in my life! Denmark is on the same latitude as Canada, so...
by Shellby B | Aug 6, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Noma was ranked the number one restaurant in the world 4 of the last 6 years. And I. Ate. There. How crazy is that?! When my professors said they were planning to try and get a reservation (reservations for July have to be made at the beginning of April) I jumped at...
by Patrick S | Aug 5, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
We decided to take a visit to the wonderful district of Helsingør in the greater Copenhagen area. Helsingør is home to the very old and very famous Kronborg Castle. Kronborg Castle served as the inspiration for the setting of Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s...
by Matthew W | Aug 5, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Summer, UA-Affiliate
We all have that one friend–likely even more. I’m talking about that friend that is constantly posting about his/her latest travel adventure. Maybe you know folks that will tell you all about their travels on the occasions they are in the same country as...
by Patrick S | Jul 23, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
With a weekend free of labs and lab reports, a group of four of us decided to take a 3 day trip to the wonderful city of Berlin, Germany. We started off our activities with a trip to see the Brandenburg Gate. This neoclassical triumphal arch is gorgeous, and it is...
by Joseph B | Jul 17, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
The festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, is better known as the place where you run with bulls in a packed street. As someone who has done the run (and subsequently received minor injuries), my first recommendation to you would be don’t do it. The most...
by Patrick S | Jul 14, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
My initial impressions of the city of Copenhagen were fantastic! Keeping in tune with our short stay in Amsterdam, we started off our sightseeing in Copenhagen with, you guessed it, a canal tour. The scenes from our boat were phenomenal. I was excited for a tour of...
by Claire B | Jul 14, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I can’t believe that I have already finished over a month in France! I have been to France once before, but this was my first study abroad experience. I am choosing to write this reflection of my trip as my first blog post because I felt that I would not have...
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 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 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 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 John C | Jul 6, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
When I got to the airport in Madrid, I knew that the adjustment back into English was going to be a difficult one. The airport employees knew that our group was all Americans and as such, we would usually receive a barrage of English and Spanish words mixed...
by John C | Jun 18, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Back in Tuscaloosa, it seems like every one of my days is planned down to the “t”. With multiple organizations I am involved in along with my chemical engineering major, I am kept very busy, and if I don’t have a game plan going into a day, I would quickly be lost. ...
by Elliot S | Jun 18, 2015 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
There are a lot of reasons why I decided to study abroad this Summer in Greece. My first experience traveling to a foreign country came when I was in second grade. My family and I went to Italy for about three weeks during Summer vacation. That first trip made me want...
by Brianna B | Jun 10, 2015 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Engineering, Summer, UA-Affiliate
Alright y’all, this is my final post from my trip to Costa Rica! Unfortunately I had to leave a week early for medical reasons, but luckily my teacher was amazing and I have been completing my coursework from the US! If you’re ever unsure while traveling,...
