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.
January 27th, 2012
Привет ребята, In a few hours, I’ll be on the plane to St. Petersburg (well, technically to Munich first). For the past two days, I’ve been at my program’s pre-departure orientation in D.C. I’m one of 17 students going to St. Petersburg – seven are academic year students, so they spent their fall semesters in Petersburg as well. Brave souls! I envy them, they’re already past the initial struggle stage that is soon to come. Most of us are Russian majors, but a few are minors. I can’t really explain how gratifying it is to meet everyone on my program. Everyone is so [...]
Continue reading Almost to Pete! »
January 27th, 2012
While I have only been in Vienna for two weeks now it feels as though I have been here for months. I am getting the hang of the public transit system (a little different than figuring out the shuttle schedules in Lewisburg) and am starting to feel comfortable around the city. There are, however, a few things that I wish I had known going into my study abroad experience despite all of the training provided to us. Top 5 Don’t’s: 1) While it may seem basic do not assume that pounds weigh more than kilos. Our first time at the [...]
Continue reading The do’s and don’t's for you first week abroad »
January 23rd, 2012
Now that my whirlwind packing and trip to South America (post about that trip soon to follow) is over and I finally have a few days of somewhat down time before I need to start packing for Scotland, I figured I should properly introduce myself. Hi. My name is Monica Herzog. I am currently a Junior at Bucknell University planning on studying abroad at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland (I realize this is fairly obvious since this is a study abroad blog for Bucknell University.) My major is Physics with a concentration in Astronomy. No I am not [...]
Continue reading Proper Introductions are in Order »
January 18th, 2012
After a wonderfully busy week we grabbed our bags and finished our final class We walked to the Gare de Tours, boarded our train, and headed towards Montparnasse When we arrived in Paris the city lit up around us, the Eiffel Tower sparkling was such a treat Unfortunately, carrying all of our bags down cobblestone paths to our hotel was really quite the feat Dinner was by the Eiffel Tower with salad and chevré chaud, unfortunately the waiter bothered us so For if your French isn’t perfect in Paris, they’ll speak English to you Though we tried our best, Parisians [...]
Continue reading All of the Lights: Paris! »
January 18th, 2012
Hi everyone! I’m Caitlin, and I’m studying in London this semester with the Bucknell in London program. My majors are English with a Film Concentration & Psychology, and I’ve wanted to study in London since I was a kid! Fortunately, this semester’s program is film based so a lot of my classes are studying British film and art, which I’m really looking forward to. I just arrived at my flat on Saturday (suffering from serious jet lag), and I figured that it was time for me to write my first blog post. After fitting my life into a single suitcase [...]
Continue reading Landing in London! »
January 16th, 2012
Greetings Everyone, It feels great to be back in Hamburg even though the last two weeks were wonderful. First off, I had the chance to stay with my boyfriend’s family in the southern part of Germany. Traveling down south is always a time for me to brush up on the southern dialect because I haven’t had the chance to spend more time in the southern region since my first year abroad a little over three years ago. It’s always eventful though, especially with gaining different perspectives on the culture. I surely know that when I am “down south”, I have [...]
Continue reading Christmas in Germany & Ski Trip in Austria! »
January 16th, 2012
I guess I am going to start a new chapter soon. This isn’t going to be the first time the old characters from my previous chapters became so distant in a new study abroad chapter. I came from Burma (Myanmar) to the US two and a half years ago to start a new chapter at Bucknell. With my humble experiences and with some imagination, I will try, in all of my blogs, to compare and integrate my Burmese experience, my Bucknell version of America and my journey to see a glimpse of UK. Hence the name of this introductory blog: [...]
Continue reading Dot to Dot »
January 16th, 2012
I’ve made it! Vienna here I am, kind of… Not too long after arrival in the airport another student must have recognized the nervous yet excited look in my face. He approached me (after seeing my IES folder) and introduced himself. Soon after there was a large group of us swarming the airport waiting until we could load on the bus and depart for orientation. As we waited in the airport we noticed more and more students with the same look on their face come through customs waiting to see what waits for us. A three hour bus ride, and a short [...]
Continue reading “Squeeze the Juice” »
January 13th, 2012
On my usual walk home from work in downtown Chicago, I noticed the massive amount of traffic in my neighborhood. President Obama was traveling around here today, so precautions were taken to shut down Lake Shore Drive. His envoy raced by in what was an impressive string of flashing blue lights speckled between the white, twinkle lights still adorning the city. The sidewalks were also busy with end-of-day commuters enjoying their walks home on a “heat wave” of an evening. I found myself navigating through unfamiliar faces until I could have sworn that I had seen a Bucknellian. Now, this [...]
Continue reading The World Gets Smaller Before It Gets Bigger »
January 11th, 2012
So my second semester of study abroad has begun and it feels SO great to be back in Europe! It almost felt like I was coming back to my second home when I got to the airport…funny to say after just four months in France. This time, the transition was much easier, and I definitely have become a pro at packing. Both my suitcases were surprisingly under the 50-pound limit, since I think I took more clothes and shoes this time around. The plane ride was bearable, although I don’t think I slept more than 30 minutes during the whole [...]
Continue reading This is the start of something new. It feels so right to be here in Granada! »
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