In 48 days, I will board a plane from my hometown Seattle, Washington bound for London. London is only a connection city as my final destination is Dublin, Ireland, because this spring I will be …
Spring 2019
Preparations, Excitement, and Fear
As this semester draws to a close, I think I’ve been so consumed with my life of exams and papers at UW to really come to terms with the fact that I’m actually going to …
My Story: Why I decided to study abroad and how I made it a reality!
My story starts in a high school Spanish class. My teacher had pictures displayed around the classroom of different Spanish-speaking countries she had been to, which I loved looking at. She always tried to incorporate …
Travel Blog Post 1
Living outside of Wisconsin scares me. But I mean that in a good way– living on another continent is something I assume will be incredibly shocking for me since I’ve never been out of (or …
My mom broke her leg so I’m studying in Spain
It sounds like a tale straight out of a soap opera, or, maybe more precisely, from a horror film — my mom got on the back of a moped with a boy she had just …
The Baker of Seville
From Admissions Essay to Reality: During Halloween of 2015 I sat eagerly typing an admissions essay for UW-Madison to meet the November 1 deadline. The prompt was: “How are you going to enhance your Wisconsin …