Category Archives: 2012-13

Read student and recent alumni adventures during 2012-13

Hello, Brick Wall. That Was My Face.

19. October 2012 Oomph. Have I told you yet how slow and relaxed my introduction to teaching has been?  My first month in Greifswald looked like this: Week One:  the students are in England on a field trip, so I … Continue reading

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Greetings From Greifswald!

14. October 2012 Despite it being mid-October already, or nearly, Greifswald is still gorgeous.  We have days that are cold and gray and rainy, for sure, but they are not unrelenting.  This weekend, I could walk outside in short sleeves, … Continue reading

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Hygge is in the Air

A dangerous part of traveling the world, is that you take the risk of falling in love with a place you will eventually have to leave. Istanbul, Turkey is that place for me. For the past week I’ve been feeling … Continue reading

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Connemara Craic*

*A very long blog post now ensues. The first weekend in October marked the date of our IFSA-Butler-funded trip to the Killary Adventure Centre. We Cork students met the bus at 11:30 on Friday morning and headed off toward the … Continue reading

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When the gettin’ gets good: LIFE IN MILANO!

Mi dispiace per non ho scritto nel mese! (I’m sorry for not having written in a month!) Things have been absolutely CRAZY. I realize that I haven’t written a blog post in about a month or so, but it’s been … Continue reading

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Getting Acclimated

I am sitting in a large, five story bookstore full of books I can hardly comprehend and drinking a coffee I can hardly bare to sip. Where the hell am I? If you guessed Hangzhou, China you are correct. So … Continue reading

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…And My Heart Will Go On…

Even if I had to leave Cobh, last port of call of the Titanic, behind. My day in Cobh made for my first off-campus adventure since arriving in Cork. I took the bus to the city centre, walked to the … Continue reading

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Football Festivities!

The other day, I went to a football match (European football of course!) with my study abroad program. I’m a huge soccer fan, having played from age 5 through high school, so I was more than thrilled to be going! … Continue reading

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Buh Bye Madison!

It’s the night before I take off for France, and I could NOT be more excited. Well, I would be feeling a bit better if my bags were 100% packed and my room was clean, but that’ll all be taken … Continue reading

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Sports Day. Mai kaew jai.

Sports Day.  It’s finally here.  I’ve actually been hearing about this for months.  For the last two weeks, I’ve had about ten classes canceled for “cheer practice.”  Several classes are now multiple weeks behind others just because of the preparation … Continue reading

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