I’ve been very busy this past month! I’ve mainly been focused on my schoolwork this month, so I haven’t traveled as much as I was last month, but it’s reading week which is basically a weeklong break where students can catch up on their schoolwork or travel around. I’m planning on going to London for a couple days and go out to Southend-on-Sea (where some of my family is from!)…
I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience of living with a host family thus far, and am very happy with my decision to do so. I live with a French couple named Pascal and Sophie and their cat, Croquette. They have a daughter and a son who are both just slightly older than me and their daughter is living with us temporarily. They are also currently hosting a french college student…
As I have now been studying abroad in London, England for about a month, I have learned many things I would have never thought I would learn. From making friends with girls from countries around the world, I have had more culture shocks than expected. Our simple day to day mannerisms differ in little ways, and larger ways. Though, together we spend every day going through the streets of London.…
When you wake up, the tip of your nose is cold. You realize that when you drifted off the night before, you’d forgotten to close the window all the way, and the smell of fresh autumn air and damp leaves completely surrounds you. Often in the mornings, you wake up confused about where you are, even after over a month having left the states. I’m in France, you think to…
As a reward for completing our first three weeks of classes here in Japan, my friends and I decided to take a trip to Nara the following Sunday. For those who do not know what Nara is, Nara is a very popular prefecture in Japan that is known for their temples, shrines and most famous of them all, the bowing Deers. We left pretty early as we wanted to get…
My study abroad experience in Senegal helped fulfill a long-held dream of mine. As an African American, tracing lineage on either side of my family comes with feelings of sadness when we eventually hit a roadblock and can no longer go any further. Slavery, as many of us have learned, broke many familial bonds that existed. Mothers and fathers were taken from children, and families were broken apart to never…
Studying abroad has been something that I have always wanted to do since I started college. Through the help of the CofC study abroad office, I was able to find an affiliate program that worked with my major. I have been studying in Florence, Italy for almost a month now and have seen so many different things. The style of learning here is very different from College of Charleston, here…
It has been an amazing first month here at Kansai Gaidai University and there has been no shortage of trips to all the nearby prefectures. It is difficult to choose my favorite place in Japan so far, but my trip to Nara was exceptionally fun. My friends and I spent the day exploring the Nara Deer Park, petting and feeding as many deer as possible. As long as you had…
Hello! My name is Chloe Goff and I am an International Studies (Global Studies Concentration) and German Studies double major, with a Leadership for Sustainability Minor. This summer I had the privilege of traveling to Berlin this summer for the College of Charleston: Summer Internship in Germany with Cultural Vistas program. This is my first collegiate study abroad experience, as I will be a junior in the fall. I have…
Saint-Louis, Senegal was our 2nd main stopping point during the Senegal study abroad. Similar to Charleston, it is a coastal city that has many colonial architecture and statues still there. Fish and fishing are important to Senegal’s culture and economy. While in Saint-Louis, our excursions through the city were always filled with the sights of huge fishing boats. These boats ranged in size from small to big, and each had…
