Hallo! My name is Mikaela Franco and I am in my fourth year at College of Charleston. I am working towards an AB degree in German with an English minor, so as you can tell I love learning languages. Of all the foreign languages I’ve studied, German is my favorite. That’s why I decided to study abroad at the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany this summer! I didn’t really choose…
Since I have been in Barcelona, I have finally settled into a decently regular daily routine even though it changes frequently. My daily routine consists of waking up at about 8 AM or so every morning. My daily routine revolves around my different class schedules Monday through Thursday. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I have a Spanish class from 9:15 to 10:45 AM and then Architecture and Painting class from 4:15…
Hi, my name is Raven King! I’m a second year honors student at CofC. I’m a Biochemistry major on a pre-dental track. As a science major, it can be hard to find study abroad programs that work with your schedule. I would love to travel abroad for a semester, but it would set me back and I wouldn’t be able to graduate on time. For my situation, it was the…
I have been in Vienna, Austria since January 13th. Vienna is a beautiful city with so much history. The best thing about Vienna is how it is so centrally located in Europe, this makes it very easy to travel on the weekends. Vienna is quite literally the center of Europe and connects Western and Eastern Europe. This has given me the opportunity to visit several other European cities in a…
At 6:00 am my alarm went off to let me know that I had to leave in 30 minutes if I wanted to catch my train to Paris from Luxembourg. Along with my alarm, I also had an email notification from my train company. The email was telling me that my train was canceled. I immediately jumped up and quickly got ready so I could get to the train station…
Wow! I have been here in Spain for one month and it already feels like a lifetime. I have been experiencing so much, so many new things, so much growth. Lately life has been sweeter for me as I feel I’m finally starting to feel comfortable in Spanish. I have taken so many trips, trips to places like Madrid, Cáceres, Merida, and Lisbon in Portugal, all the while learning so…
Name: Elizabeth Lewis Major: Marketing Minor: Spanish Year in school: Junior Host program: CofC in Trujillo, Spain Spring 2020 Why I chose my program: I first found out about the Trujillo program when I was a junior in high school and have wanted to participate ever since. Since I am a Spanish Minor I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to build my understanding and proficiency of…
Hello! My name is Elizabeth Edmunds and I am a sophomore from Lynchburg, VA currently studying abroad in Seville, Spain with ISA at the Universidad de Sevilla. I am studying Elementary Education and Spanish, so I have always known I wanted to study abroad in Spain. Finding the city was more of a decision, but I also loved the idea of a medium sized city, so I found Seville. Once…
My study abroad experience in Santiago, Chile has taught me a lot about the Chilean culture as well as their history and how it affects them today. I think that this experience will help me in my future career in understanding people from different Spanish speaking countries and the difference in native speakers of the language. In my time there, I learned a lot more about the Spanish language and…
You could definitely say we were immersed during our time in Chile. Contemporary Chilean history is all around Santiago and the University. We would often pass by La Moneda, the president’s building and the site of the military coup in 1973. I lived very close to Plaza de la Dignidad (formerly Plaza Italia) where a lot of the city comes together. Historically this has been a place of convergence for…
