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Notes from Abroad – Spain

October 27, 2011 Notes from Abroad

Question: “Describe a friendship you have made with a local. How has this relationship influenced your experience?” By Rachel Wang I recently signed myself up for a conversational language exchange program that was offered through my university. Two hours after I received an e-mail from the program about my assigned partner Julia, she enthusiastically e-mailed [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Barcelona, Spain

September 29, 2011 Notes from Abroad

“What new perspectives about the United States have you gained during your semester abroad? What aspects have been extremely different? What has been similar to the U.S. that you expected to be different? Are there any specific things you wish the U.S. would adopt?” By Rachel Wang One thing that I have had to adjust [...]

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Notes From Abroad – Spain

December 2, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Written By: Kelly Galligan One thing that I would still like to do before I leave Barcelona is travel to Dublin. Luckily, I am doing that this weekend. But in regards to Barcelona, I would like to take the cable cars on Montjuic. I feel like I have done a lot here in Barcelona and [...]

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Notes from Abroad- Spain

November 18, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Are there any holidays native to your host country that you have experienced, or are looking forward to experiencing? What are the customs of this holiday? Does school close? Do people take vacations? Written By Kelly Galligan It seems that every other day there is a holiday here in Spain, and for some reason [...]

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Notes from Abroad- Spain

October 28, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: What has been your best experience with food? What surprised you most about the local cuisine? By Kelly Galligan The best thing I have eaten would definitely be the food I ate when I was in Italy. I had a little pastry with sugar, kiwi, peaches, and strawberries, and it was so good I [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

October 21, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Describe a professor or project that has taught you about history, politics or business from an international perspective. Written By : Kelly Galligan My favorite class here in Barcelona is International Journalism. My professor started the first day of class by demonstrating to us how he is a “real” journalist, not just a professor talking [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

September 30, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Written By: Kelly Galligan I have been abroad here in Barcelona, Spain for exactly three weeks now. Time has been flying by. I had no idea what to expect, but certainly life has been different! The most shocking thing I have done would have to be traveling to Montserrat. It is a beautiful city that [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

February 25, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Describe a friendship you have made with a local student (from your host country), or someone who is a resident. How has this relationship influenced your experience? How do you communicate, and are there are any language barriers? Have they spoken about any things that surprised them about America’s customs? Written by: Leslie Dias [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

February 11, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Describe the typical daily routine for someone from your host country. What time does everything happen? What is extremely different, and what is exactly the same? Written by: Leslie Dias A typical day in Pamplona starts around 8 or 9 a.m. Almost every student has early morning classes because of the afternoon break. Before [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

February 4, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Tell us something about your host city or country that only a local would know. How did you come to observe this? What’s one thing you wish you knew upon arrival? What’s an annoying habit that tourists in your area have? What is different now that you’re living there as opposed to being a [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

December 10, 2009 Notes from Abroad

Question: Did your study abroad experience meet your expectations? Is there something you wish you did while you were out of the states? What advice would you give to students considering studying abroad? Written by: Sarah Barr My study abroad experience has been very different from how I expected it to be. I studied abroad [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Spain

November 12, 2009 Notes from Abroad

Question # 5: Write about a particular aspect of the culture that you find interesting. What about it is interesting or appealing to you? Written by: Sarah Barr

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