by Alyssa W. | Dec 20, 2024 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
“Americans are so talkative and friendly—people here don’t just chat with everyone they meet”. This was a comment I got on the train to London at 4 a.m., after spending the past hour talking to someone from the area about everything from economics to music. It was a...
by Alyssa W. | Dec 18, 2024 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Everywhere has a signature food: New York pizza, Wisconsin cheese curds, Kentucky fried chicken. When traveling, we imagine taking advantage of the famous restaurants, and schedule time to sample Chicago deep dish from Giordanos or sourdough bread from a San Fransisco...
by Alyssa W. | Dec 18, 2024 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
I am a chronic overpacker. There’s no getting around it. I always find myself leaving home with a bag bursting at the seams, hoping desperately I don’t have to open it and somehow manage to achieve the miracle of zipping it shut a second time. Unfortunately, this is a...
by Alexandra R. | Nov 21, 2024 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Last Saturday, I departed from the United States going through Wilmington, NC and Logan International Airport in Boston before taking an overnight flight into Heathrow. For the weeks leading up to the trip, I was worried about the whole deal, concerned about the...
by Madelyn Hutchison | Jun 27, 2024 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Coming home was a bittersweet goodbye. I had loved my trip abroad above what’s imaginable, but I also missed everything I love at home including my house, my dog, and my boyfriend. I was said to go back to the airport as I had enjoyed my time abroad so greatly,...
by Madelyn Hutchison | Jun 27, 2024 | Comm & Info Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
Everything I expected of this study abroad trip, which wasn’t much, has been blown completely out of the water. This trip has so far been one the most amazing experiences of my life, and it’s not even done yet. London was a dream in itself. All of my...
by Ben D. | Jun 6, 2024 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
This is the second time I have studied abroad, the first being last summer in Rome. This time I am traveling to London, England, and Lisbon, Portugal, with a group from UA. Traveling last summer really gave me the itch to keep traveling as much as a I could,...
by Ben D. | Jun 6, 2024 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
Traveling to another country, whether you have done it before or not, can be extremely scary. Last summer I studied abroad in Italy by myself, which was the first time I have ever been out of the country. Currently I am in Lisbon, Portugal, and have been traveling on...
by Ben D. | Jun 6, 2024 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
On this trip, my program spent a week in London and a week in Lisbon, Portugal. While both are cities, they could not be any more different. London is a large, bustling city that never sleeps. There is no shortage of things to do, with a café or pub on every corner, a...
by Makyia B. | Jun 6, 2024 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Faculty-Led, Home, Summer
I decided to write this post while being on my long trip home to the usa. I was able to reflect and think about the good and the bad and what I would do if the opportunity arose for me to go abroad again or even more abroad. For starters, I was only in Spain for 2...
by Giovanni Beltran | May 30, 2024 | Engineering, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
I have made many long-distance trips in the past. Whether this is a car trip with my family to Florida or a multi-hour flight across the states, I can confidently say I have some experience with this. However, none of this can be compared to the length of...
by Samantha Flaute | Sep 8, 2023 | Commerce & Business, Europe, Honors College, Summer, UA-Affiliate, _
As I make my way back to the US I am very bittersweet but utterly grateful that I studied abroad in Florence because of the ease and affordability of traveling on weekends. Disclaimer, my affiliate program, API, had several excursions prepared for us on weekends where...
by Megan Lawson | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer, _
by E. Hidalgo | Jun 9, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer, _
Last Sunday, at 4:15 A.M., I stood in the New Orleans airport waiting to embark on the trip of a lifetime. Tired and overwhelmed, my mind raced through a variety of fears. Would my Spanish be good enough to get by? Would my host family like me? Would I make friends?...
by S. Berryman | Mar 8, 2023 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
It’s been officially one month since I returned from participating in the UA in Oxford faculty led study abroad program. An evening of High Table at Worcester College with some of the most fabulous people. (Funny side note: I don’t like champagne LOL)...
by Cassidy P | Mar 4, 2023 | Africa, Arts & Sciences, Asia, Europe, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
Hello! My name is Cassidy Price, and I am spending the Spring 2023 semester studying through the Semester at Sea program! There are many reasons to fall in love with studying on Semester at Sea! This program has the best study abroad location, because the location is...
by C. Kelley | Aug 17, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer, _
by S. Booth | Aug 11, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer, _
While I loved every minute of my time in Oxford, I also enjoyed traveling on the weekends to see new places. Oxford is only a 1-1.5 hour train ride from London, so that made traveling to London easy. Also, the train system in the UK can get you practically anywhere...
by E. Hidalgo | Aug 11, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Summer
I’m finally home from my three-week study abroad trip to Belgium, and although it’s great to be back, I can’t help but miss the routines and memories I made while abroad. On the last full day of the program, we traveled by metro-our last metro ride,...
by S. Booth | Aug 5, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Faculty-Led, Honors College, Summer
Heading to Worcester College in Oxford, England was beyond nerve wracking. I really had no clue what to expect. What would the room situation be like? Would the campus live up to the photos I had seen of it? Arriving on campus, my nerves were immediately calmed and I...
