Follow the adventures of our spring 2012 bloggers.
- Brittany Wanner ’13, International Relations and Spanish, Spain
- Cherie Malone ’13, English – Film/Media Studies, Hamburg, Germany
- Jenna Franze ’13, International Relations and Spanish, Argentina
- Alexandra Bird ’13, Psychology / Russian Studies, Russia
- Jesse Dondero ’13, Management & Comparative Humanities, Austria
- Sarah Dubow ’13, English and Psychology (French Minor), France
- Caitlin Falco ’13, English – Film/Media Studies, Psychology, London
- Monica Herzog ’13, Physics, Scotland
- Thet Hein Tun ’13, Civil Engineering and Comparative Humanities, England
Part of the global village, they’re just a few of the more than 40 percent of Bucknell’s students who spend a portion of their undergraduate careers off campus.
May 11th, 2012
Our time is winding down here in Spain… just under three weeks left. This past weekend was our last BeE group excursion and just a few days before that was our last solo trip to Italy, where we spent three days in Rome and one day in Florence. WARNING: This blog will be full of pictures of delicious Italian dishes. Do not read on an empty stomach. We took the dreaded five our bus to Madrid at 1:30AM to arrive on time for our 8:30AM flight. After arriving at the airport, finding a cab company to take us to the [...]
Continue reading It’s just that when in Rome, I do as the Romans do. »
May 4th, 2012
Сколько лет, сколько зим! Finally have something substantial to report – I did some traveling in the south of Russia! We went as a program, and we traveled for almost 9 full days. A brief day-to-day overview: Tuesday, April 24th Class. All day, so scatterbrained – still needed to go food-shopping for the train and grab my stuff at home to make it to the train station by 6. We boarded the train around 6:30, and prepared ourselves for 28 hours of unadulterated joy and excitement. …. Being tall has its benefits, but not on overnight trains. My dangling feet [...]
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May 3rd, 2012
Last weekend, the BeE group took a tour of the Capilla Real (Royal Chapel) and the Cathedral in Granada. If there are any Spanish majors or history buffs out there, I’m sure you are familiar with the fact that the Reconquista (Reconquest) of Granada (when the catholic kings, Fernando II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castilla, took over the city from the Muslims) occurred on January 2, 1492. Anyway, the Royal Chapel houses the tombs of the Catholic King and Queen! This was something I had been looking forward to seeing since I have learned about Los Reyes Catolicos NUMEROUS times [...]
Continue reading La Capilla Real y La Catedral »
May 3rd, 2012
Guten Tag Everyone, I have been up to a whole bunch lately. For starters, I had the chance during Easter Sunday to join a wonderful gathering of “Hamburgers” near a local beach called Blackenese for a special Easter Bonfire. Now, I know what you may think… okay a normal bonfire…if only:-) The size of this bonfire was a size of a tree with a stuffed witch prop at the very top. So basically every year when the sun has finally set this huge bonfire is set while everyone eats crepes and sausages and drinks beer or some hot mulled wine. [...]
Continue reading Easter Bonfires, Spring Carnivals and My First Fußball Stadium Visit! »
May 3rd, 2012
I was walking to class the other morning and was caught off guard. Everyone was in summer clothes! The girls were wearing their sun dresses and the guys were finally not under ten layers of shirts, vests, thermals, jackets and boots (the normal winter wear). The realization convinced me that I should take my mind off of my iPod and look around. Vienna is simply amazing in the spring. The trees accentuate all of the beautiful buildings and the city goes to great lengths to make even the most random corner look nice (I do not think I have ever [...]
Continue reading Barcelona vs. New Jersey? »
May 1st, 2012
Next week is the last week of classes and I am finally done with all of the essays that were due in the past week. That means I finally have a little free time to update my blog! I say a little, because I am momentarily headed off to Torridon, Scotland for another week of outdoor adventures. Therefore, I am doing my best to save time and am inserting a gallery with all of my pictures, instead of spending hours trying to fit them all perfectly in place throughout the blog. Quite a bit has occurred since my last post, mainly [...]
Continue reading A Whirlwind Adventure »
May 1st, 2012
Guten Tag Everyone, I cannot believe how fast time flies by but I am still enjoying every second that I have here in Germany. Before I started classes I had a chance to travel with my program to a special city. A city named Halle in east Germany, that I formerly lived in with my first host family during my first year here in Germany about three years ago. We were able to tour the city…oh and did you know that they have a chocolate factory there. That’s mainly because the city is known for a specific chocolate. And of [...]
Continue reading On the Road Again »
April 24th, 2012
It’s the last full week of classes before summer. And it is pure chaos. Final papers, final exams, final days in London…you can imagine the whirlwind that we’re caught up in over here. But I’m going to leave my sad departure from London for my next post because I am simply not ready to deal with it. Instead, I have some pictures from my Host UK weekend. So, essentially, I went to stay with a host family in Somerset county in England, and they were amazing! They took me to so many incredible sights and cooked me some really delicious [...]
Continue reading King Arthur and the Golden Cap »
April 24th, 2012
(Shout out to the lovely Lia Trangucci for giving me the blog title :]! ) Last weekend we finally got to Barcelona! This is the one city that I was told I had to visit by everyone I know that has visited it and I’m so happy we got to go! It reminded me a lot of Paris, very modern, and also very touristy. I spoke very little Spanish in fact, since Barcelona is located in the Catalonia region of Spain where the official language is catalan. I spoke French for the first time in a while too-here’s a little [...]
Continue reading We’re Barcelona bound, so smile! »
April 19th, 2012
I know I haven’t posted in awhile, but I come bearing pictures from Paris. Giverny–the location of Monet’s house and gardens–was absolutely gorgeous. The flowers were in bloom, and the Japanese water lily garden was even more beautiful than in the paintings. Versailles was amazing, and the Hall of Mirrors was everything that I thought it would be. But, Paris itself was incredible. We only had 12 hours or so to see all the major sights so Sunday was pretty crazy, but we ended up getting to everything I wanted to visit. One of my favorite stops of the day [...]
Continue reading Sparkling Towers, Old Churches, and lots and lots of Flowers »
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