Europe
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After spending two and half weeks traveling around Europe, I am ready to be back home and see my family, friends, and boyfriend. I mean don’t get me wrong I loved every minute of my time over the pond but I started getting home sick toward the end of the trip. This was my first…
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I have always wanted to go to Europe to see all of the historical sites and monuments and experience the different culture from each country. As a horticulture student, I have listened to lectures and seen photos of the different landscapes and gardens that are used in the USA that were influenced by gardens and…
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Villa d’Este was the first, and my favorite, garden we experienced on the tour. As an Italian Renaissance garden, it exhibited many of the garden features we had learned about making it a significant stop to support our learning. The first photo shown is a Pegasus statue. The symbol of Pegasus striking its hoof…
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After the tour, I stayed for an extra two weeks to travel through Europe with my parents. As I flew from Dublin to London to rendezvous with my family, I got in the car and I immediately felt as if I was missing 35 other people. I was surrounded by new friends for almost 3…
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It felt as if the departure date for the tour would never come soon enough. I counted down the exams I had left until I would be on the plane on the way to the trip of a lifetime. And while it did feel like the the day would never arrive, the tour caught me…
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Returning back home made me very happy, but also very sad that I was leaving behind the world of new experiences we had built in France. I never thought I would be as happy as I was when I saw my first Chickfil-A billboard in the United States, but I was ecstatic to eat my…
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I am so excited for this opportunity to study in France. I have never been outside of the United States and I am ready to see more of the world but I am also a little nervous. The language barrier will be hard to adjust to and I’ve never taken French before so I don’t…
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World-renowned for its incredible food, France frequents the top spot for gourmet eats. Visions of sugar plus danced in me head, quite literally, and I could not wait to get my mitts on something French – anything would do! Our first day there, we went to a cook-it-yourself restaurant, guided by our very own chef,…
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One of my biggest fears before going abroad was the fact that I didn’t know how to speak French whatsoever. When I arrived in Toulouse, I realized that because it was more of a rural French town, people either spoke very little English, or none at all. This was difficult at first, especially at restaurants.…