Study Abroad Cliché of the Day: Europe Feels Like Home and I Want to Move Here

Welcome to the one where Spain is Barcelona, but Barcelona is not Spain! A bit of complex politics to start us off today, but there is a lot of tension about whether or not the autonomous region of Catalonia — of which Barcelona is the capital — should become its own country. Mainly because many …

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Ndikunena Zikomo Kwambiri Kwa Banja Langa (I Say Thank You So Much to My Family)

I’ve recently been told that I use the words “insane” and “amazing” too much in these blogs — thanks mom, appreciate the edits :). But I can’t think of any words that better describe this past month. We recently visited Salima, on the shore of Lake Malawi (Africa’s largest body of water). But no swimming …

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We Are Farmers, bum-badum-bum-bum-bum-bum

Very sorry about the title haha. It makes me laugh, but I’m terrible at spelling noises… But hello again! These past few weeks have been insane – turns out the best of this program was yet to come! Since we last checked in, we finished our time in Ecuador. We visited a large scale dairy …

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Humidity is Not My Friend but Life is Great Anyway

You know, the weirdest thing about Ecuador is that Kentucky Fried Chicken is the preferred fast food restaurant. I mean, seriously. I don’t eat at fast food restaurants, but even I know that is not the best one.  (sorry not sorry to all KFC fans).  American fast food aside, Ecuador has been amazing. I love …

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Season Two, Episode One: I Flee the Country, Again

The theme for this semester is travel — by May, I will be five continents down, only two more to go! Welcome back to studying abroad with Ayden. This is my second semester abroad and for this round I am doing another School for International Training Program. It’s an international honors program that studies the …

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