My fellow students and staff had many favorite places in Barcelona: the Gaudi sites, such as the famous Sagrada Familia, the Old Town, and the Gothic Cathedral, or El Born neighborhood. But I always wanted to see Camp Nou, home of my favorite soccer team of all time: Barça! One of the most special things about Barça, as opposed ...
If you scroll through your phone you see endless study abroad options, and with that, there can be a great deal of confusion when it comes time to decide which one is the best option. I’m here to tell you that if you don’t study abroad in Europe, you’re missing out. Whether it is Greece, Italy, Sweden, Spain, or wherever you want to ...
When learning new things or trying to complete a job, time management is critical. If you lose track of time or over-book yourself it will end in frustration. Time management is a skill that will help you in every aspect of your life. Learning is another thing time management can help you with. Studying depends on good ...
Oxford University is a unique and beautiful place to study abroad for any student. There are many differences between the British and the American system. Firstly, the university is made of up 39 individual colleges. Also, their academic year has some interesting names: Michaelmas (October to early December), Hilary (January to early ...
Today is the last Friday of my trip... ...so I am going to try and make the most of it. In class, we prepared for a poetry slam that we are planning to have on Monday. We had stipends for lunch today and I ate at a really good pasta restaurant in Old Nice. It was my first time having creme brulee on this trip and I loved it. French ...
We began this week... ...of Abbey Road St-Laurent-du-Var 2019 with more French classes and time to explore more of Nice and St-Laurent. On Monday, we worked on conjugating verbs in the conditional future tense. At first, it seems absolutely ridiculous that there are so many different verb tenses, but then you realize that we use just as many ...
This weekend we managed to speak four different languages in the span of three hours, and most of them not very well... The St-Laurent-du-Var students woke up early Saturday morning to make the 1.5-hour drive to San Remo, Italy along with those from the Nice program. The bus ride there was scenic and beautiful as we drove along the ...
Today is Friday... ...and I am looking forward to the weekend. Our class was very educational. My vocabulary broadened and now I can successfully describe different places. After class, my friends and I went to a restaurant for lunch. The food was great and we spent most of the afternoon talking and relaxing. During my speaking elective I ...
We’ve officially been in St-Laurent-Du-Var for a week... ...and as a new friend of mine pointed out, this marks our one-week friend-versary. Classes and electives officially began Monday, and learning French, photography and drawing with our teachers has been both fun and challenging so far. On Tuesday, Sara and Camille gave us a list of ...
My first taste of Nice has been fantastic so far. The group arrived on the first day and got settled in immediately. We all made friends super fast and got right to fun. On our first day, the administrators gave us a tour of the surrounding area and took us to the beach. We came back and ate at a fantastic restaurant that was ...