I have recently completed the 2nd step of Project: Australia Spring 2013. Step 1: Attend a Study Away Info Session. Check. Step 2: Meet with Study Abroad Advisor. I met with Kate Bryant the advisor for Australia to discuss the application process. For Global Media majors, it’s required to study abroad for two semesters. This [...]
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Project: Australia Spring 2013. Pause.
September 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Frances Dumlao '15
Last Days In London – Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
April 17th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
Well, everything is wrapped up and over. I finished my final exams and papers with one week left over to do what I wanted for the last week in London of my semester abroad. Well actually this title is completely accurate… I went away the weekend right after my finals were over. I went to [...]
Tags:beach·brighton·fysae·london·mechanical bull·photo montage·rollercoaster·white cliffs of dover
one sidenote and Paris – La vie est belle!
March 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
So first a sidenote: I got up at 5am to head out to Cambridge Theater to get tickets for Matilda the musical. Roald Dahl is an incredible writer and so creative and unique. I loved reading his books when I was little. When the movie Matilda was created based of of his book Matilda I [...]
Tags:Champs-Elysées·Eiffel Tower·France·london·Matilda the musical·Monet·Montmartre·Paris
London Calling
January 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Frances Dumlao '15
A typical touristy picture in a Telephone booth. Even when I was carefully choosing what clothes I was bringing and deciding whether or not to bring a towel, it still didn’t hit me. In my mind London was still a dream. When I rolled my 49 lb. luggage bag down to the check in line [...]
Adventures and Friends
January 12th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
January 5th-12th In orientation we were told, “you’re not a real Londoner until you’ve lived in London and gotten lost.” I was invited to tag along with a few friends who wanted to complete the scavenger hunt that was given to us. Well….it was less following the scavenger hunt and more just exploring London. I [...]
Tags:architecture·fysae·london
Assimilation part 1: Learning the Lay of the Land
January 4th, 2012 · 10 Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Uncategorized, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
January 4th Bundled up in coats and scarves we departed from Thoresby House towards City University. We had a couple different meetings about British culture, terminology, etc. They told us things to avoid, although I found it striking that they specifically said “avoid eye contact with people, don’t smile, and don’t talk to them” It’s [...]
And We’re Off!
January 4th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Study Abroad, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
January 2nd-3rd It was about 6 in the morning when I woke up thinking “Oh my gosh, where am I about to go?” The fact that in less than 24 hours I would be in London, England, was shocking. We drove to the airport in Portland, Maine where I took off to the airport in [...]
“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walkin’ through the streets of Soho in the rain… Hooooowl! Werewolves of London!” – Warren Zevon
November 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Angelique Neumann '15 - London, England, First Year Study Abroad Experience
The past and next few weeks are littered with holidays. Spending them in Britain has been, and hopefully will continue to be, spectacular, if distinctly different. I celebrated my 19th birthday three weeks ago, on 18 October. To be in London for my birthday was a phenomenal gift in itself, however it was unlike any [...]
Tags:british cultural studies·First Year Study Abroad Experience·guy fawkes·halloween·london
Happy Chinese New year!
February 6th, 2011 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Tylyn Newcomb '14
Happy Chinese New Year! So this past Thursday, I went to Vernon God Little with my play critique class, and I LOVED IT! It was an incredible production – it was a very dark humor, musical type play. I loved every minute of it. Especially the props and such.. they had the most interesting set [...]
Tags:First Year Study Abroad Experience·london·Tylyn Newcomb
Jan 5-6
January 5th, 2011 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Tylyn Newcomb '14
January 5-6 London is amazing. I’m already completely in love with the city. Today we went on this guided tour around “The City.” And by city I don’t mean the whole of London, I mean the financial district down by The Monument. What is The Monument you may ask? It is a huge (202 feet [...]
