I’m currently in the midst of a two week village study in an even more southern region of France! I’ve been quite busy and discovering a multitude of things, so I’ll do updates in installments as not to overwhelm. The first three days were with the whole program in the most beautiful city, Collioure. It’s …
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Real Holland
It was that time of the year and my facebook newsfeed was overwhelmed with nothing but pictures from Spring Break. While rest of Hope College was on Spring Break, I had four papers and a mid-term to worry about soon after which I had my Spring Break. One of the best things about being in …
So About the Study Part…
It’s not what usually gets talked about, but schoolwork is a significant part of the study abroad experience. My program, Contemporary Issues in China is fairly intense. We have Chinese class throughout the semester and Area Studies courses, which are held in intensive blocks one at a time. Right now I’m in “China in International …
Unexpected & Beautiful: Chengdu
This past weekend was a long travel weekend, so we had Friday off of classes. On Thursday night, I flew with two of my friends to the city of Chengdu (成都) in the Sichuan Province of western China. We originally decided to go there because it is the only place in the world where you …
Buenas desde Chile!
¡Buenos Finalmente desde Vina del Mar, Chile! After spending what seemed to be a second summer vacation at home in eastern Michigan ( expect for the snow part 😉 ) I am finally in Vina de Mar, starting my semester with SIT Study Abroad. After only a week here, I have had too many new …
Weekend in Lot
Last weekend I went to the Lot, a department in the south of France, with my program. Lot personifies and surpasses all the cliché images that come to mind when you think of southern French countryside. When we first arrived we explored a prehistoric cave, bison and mammoth cave drawings and all! It was absolutely …
I Have Never Been So Cold…
I know this is a long one, but last weekend I went on my first travel weekend out of Beijing! 15 other students from my program and I went up North to the city of Harbin, which is closer to the Russian border than to Beijing! We took an all night train Friday night and …
I never thought I would____ !!
I just sat down to write about what I have done in the past one week and realized how the past seven days have been filled with travels and “wow I never thought I would be here” moments. In the past week I have been to Luxembourg, Brussels, and Paris to see how the European …
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