Comments on: Friday Happy Hour: Study Abroad Edition

By: sara

sara — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:06:59 +0000

I know I’m a little late adding to this, but I went on the same trip Alexandra did (what year did you go?!?) and was shocked to see my trip already listed! (Go Dr. Fenton and Dr. Sauer!) I also studied teaching in Sydney the same summer. It was the most amazing (expensive…exhausting…) summer of my life and I would do it all again in a heartbeat!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:12:11 +0000

I’m currently studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan! I’m at Kanda University of International Studies, actually in Chiba, and loving it. I’m actually a Church Music major but I’ve studied Japanese for 5 years and love it, so I’m here just because. I came across this website just today (Tuesday local time) and saw this! Love it!! :)

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:01:50 +0000

I studied at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. My favorite memories involve learning about Wales’ castles, and visiting my husband’s old neighbors in Belgium. I liked it so much I now work in the Study Abroad field! I’m kind of a lackey, but at least I get to share my experiences and hear others’ tales. Plus, I’m going to Italy for work this weekend so of course that’ll be exciting!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:38:51 +0000

off topic a bit but in reply to thomas, there is an ‘old zealand’, new zealand was named after Zeeland – currently a province of the Netherlands. This was because NZ was discovered by a Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman. Check out Zeeland on Wiki for more info.

By: Becky Travis

Becky Travis — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:02:50 +0000

I went to Vienna for 4 months. It was the best thing ever.

My best statement ever is this: The one and only time I played the game of Magic, it was on a boat/hotel in Budapest.

We also got to sit on the stage while the Vienna symphony orchestra played.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:58:24 +0000

I actually am currently fully enrolled as a student at Melbourne Business School (getting my MBA) in Melbourne, Australia. I just started 6 weeks ago (I am from Washington DC), and I can truly say Australia is everything I hoped it would be. I would totally advocate for any kind of study abroad program, but going to school full time in another country is amazing as well!

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:58:47 +0000

I’m actually studying abroad right now, in Shanghai. Only been here for a little over a month, but the city is growing on me (and my Mandarin is getting better every day). I have a bunch of memories already, but I think I need a little more time here to be sure of the best ones! :)

So far I’m here until December, but if I get the chance to stay longer I probably will. Then again, I’m also planning to go to South Africa over the summer to study, so maybe I should just give my passport a little time to relax between jaunts.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:56:38 +0000

I spent a summer in London and a week in Cambridge studying Forensic Anthropology and Human Identification. My best memories stem from the opportunities we had through our classes – visiting several pathology museums, studying skeletal remains at the Duckworth Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, guest lectures by world renowned forensic anthropologists, etc.

I didn’t like the city of London for a variety of reasons, but I loved Cambridge and spent an amazing long weekend in Paris.

By: Ignacio

Ignacio — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:20:38 +0000

I studied in the US (I’m from Argentina), lived in Chicago working for a lighting company for a year and touring the world, did one year on the Freedom Of The Seas as lighting tech and now I’m going back to Chicago to tour =)

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:37:40 +0000

Spent part of my senior year of high school in West Germany. We were supposed to be studying German, however, we ended up spending more time studying German beers instead. Would love to go back and see everything I missed the first time around, especially a unified Germany!