Europe
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Well, we have left Paris and London. Both were amazing cities. Both were a lot bigger than home. Surprisingly, I learned how to use the subway systems in both towns. I learned a lot about both towns and had a great time but now we are off to Edinburgh, Scotland; however, before I get into…
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Now that I have returned home from 3 weeks in France, Spain, and Italy, I am honestly able to say that this trip has been one of the best decisions I have made! The group of people I was with were absolutely the best, we all got along and became friends and were able to…
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Despite the fact that this is not my first trip to Europe, France took awhile to get used to! Between the jet lag and the language barrier the first few days really pushed me outside of my comfort zone, especially when it came to the dreaded task of ordering food at a restaurant. While it…
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I decided to spend my spring semester in Beauvais, France during the fall semester. I never really stopped to think about what it would be like to be gone for three months while everyone at home carried on with their lives. The people you talk to before always say “Studying abroad will change your life,’…
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Typically the term “home-sick” refers to missing a place you’ve resided for a long period of time. However, the term home-sick perfectly describes how I feel about Cortona. I’ve never missed a place like I miss Italy. Even more than that, I miss the 70 people that I shared a dorm with. Luckily, we’ve all…
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It’s been a week since I’ve been back and I have to say I’m in a little bit of a depression. Don’t get me wrong, it is nice to be back with ice and public bathrooms but I do miss walking past an architectural masterpiece every five minutes. I also already miss everyone in the…
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[caption id="attachment_371" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cortona[/caption]
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This is Nicholas again. This is my final blog. We returned from Toulouse on Sat June 1. It was awesome. We made friends with many of the students at the university and we also became great friends within our group. We learned alot about this area and saw medieval cities, wineries, and a variety of farms. I thoroughly enjoyed this…
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My name is Nicholas Crowell. We left for france on may 29. I was so excited I had never been to europe before. The only foreign country I had been to was Canada. I was planning on doing my pre trip blog when I arrived, however during our duration in france the blog site was…
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This is Nicholas Crowell again. I wrote the wrong date for when we departed for France it was actually May 10. We had our first day of class on may 13. We had a tour of Toulouse during the weekend of our arrival. We saw a variety of things such as cathedrals, medieval houses, paintings,…