Making The Most of Free Time
Over the last 3 months, I have had a lot of amazing opportunities to visit different places outside Seoul while also engaging with many different cultural activities within it. Like any major city, there...
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Engaging on campus through music
After this week, I only have three weeks left of my study abroad semester. The friends I have made during exchange are beginning to do things that signal that the end of exchange is...
Travel tips – what has worked for me
It is nearly November, and I am finding it difficult to believe that I’ve completed more than half of my study abroad semester. Fall’s beautiful blanket of colorful leaves has covered Vallendar, and this...
Getting Around in Seoul
Getting around a new city can be daunting in any city as there is a lot of different modes of transportation to get around. In Seoul, like any other city, there are buses, taxies,...
Food Culture: America vs. Korea
I have been in Seoul for over a month now and with any new place comes new foods. Within Seoul, there is no shortage of traditional foods and western-inspired cuisines. There are many differences...
Time’s syncopation and international diversity
It’s been a month now that I’ve been in Vallendar, Germany at WHU. Sometimes a week feels like a day, sometimes like a year – both in a good way. The now familiar rhythm...
A Piece of Home
I have been in Manchester for a little over a week now. There so many differences about this place. Such as the size of the houses and roads or the British slangs that makes...
I Am Going… to See the World
I have always told myself that I would never allow anything to hold me back. Not fear or failures, and not friendships or doubt. I mean absolutely nothing. However, this summer has been a...
From Summer Internship to Abroad
As the summer winds down and seasonal internships come to an end, time begins to speed up as the fall semester rapidly approaches. As I zip up my third suitcase and take one last...
Destinations and Journeys
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” This is the iconic Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that I’ve always admired. It makes me think of long road trips down winding roads, but also lets me...