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The 2 Best Tips for Traveling With the Tube
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Let鈥檚 start from the beginning. I was set to leave the country on December 30, 2014, and I had been extremely anxious as to what I was supposed to do with my luggage when I arrived in London. My biggest concern was carrying two full size pieces of luggage and a carry-on while navigating my…
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5 Tips for Backpacking Around Europe
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In the fall of 2015, I had the privilege of being able to study abroad at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. While there, I spent a bunch of my time visiting other countries. I haven鈥檛 been able to really quantify the experience that I had abroad. Since I鈥檝e been home, I have had…
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Counting Pounds and Pence: Being a Low-Income Student in London
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On my second day in London, the English orientation staff joked that Londoners have the perception that Americans are born with a gold Amex card in hand. Although the room erupted in laughter, I knew it was very likely that a few of the one hundred or so Americans studying in London with me this…
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How Study Abroad Changed My Life – A Digital Story
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Not only did I get a taste of a new world, but I got a taste of freedom that I was not aware I was lacking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwISDTw0kiM?feature=oembed Emely G. | University of Redlands | IFSA-Butler at Royal Holloway, University of London聽in England | 2015
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How I Learned the Culture of the London Underground – A Digital Story
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Growing up in New York City鈥 I assumed there would be no surprises on the underground in London. I did not find out how wrong I was until I rode the tube in full costume to the IFSA-Butler Halloween party. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wVhY4VMtY3o?feature=oembed Jessica C. | Psychology student | Wesleyan University | University College London Partnership in…
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Flooded With Love for England – A Digital Story
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鈥淭he entire northwest of England is flooded. Trains aren鈥檛 running, shops are closed, classes have been canceled, students are being sent home. And all you can do is laugh.鈥滽atie鈥檚 last weekend in England was not at all what she expected, and that鈥檚 exactly what made it so special. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H86EPfeNcAc?feature=oembed Katie Y. | Marketing student |…
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5 Tips to Keep the "Study" in Your Study Abroad
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People choose where they study abroad for many different reasons, but one of the threads that links everyone together is their desire to study in another country. There are many ways a person learns while studying abroad, but in the classroom is an important one. When I studied abroad at University College London in London, England, I…
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Studying Abroad as a Woman of Color
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If you鈥檙e a student of color who is interested in going abroad, it can be both exciting and challenging. You learn to navigate a new environment with an entirely different history and because of that, an entirely different political climate. That results in different attitudes about issues of race and ethnicity. I identify as a…
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Study Abroad: Snapshots in Time
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January Two weeks into my semester in Oxford, I鈥檓 attending my first hall dinner. Candles light the room-length dining tables, and the three-course menu is printed on what seems to be parchment. The waiters are all in tuxedos. I鈥檝e never attended such a formal event before. Everyone suddenly stands, and I scramble to my feet…
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Studying Abroad…With a Stammer
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When I鈥檓 excited, my tongue trembles. When I鈥檓 nervous, it shakes. When I鈥檓 meeting new people, it disappears completely, leaving me with soundless lips and syllables that just won鈥檛 come, a magician with a vanishing act gone wrong, a ventriloquist with a broken puppet. My doctor says I breathe wrong. Exhalations come in spurts and…
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