Hey all, This is to be my last post as a study abroad correspondent and I just wanted to take the time to both provide some final thoughts on this semester and then also push …
Fall 2016
The Busiest Week of My Life
The title of this post might seem to be completely over exaggerated, and I am certainly not one to say that I don’t overstate some things, but oh my goodness it has been a busy …
China’s Beach Town
Hello all! My apologies for not posting sooner, when I was getting ready to write this post I was stalled by a speech contest that took up all of my free time! So instead I …
Street Food Galore!
Street food. Street food is the thing that people rave about and also give warnings for. When diving into the world of street food, a little voice from orientation pops into my head reminding me …
Where Has the Time Gone?
Hi all! So we’re about halfway through the semester (which I am extremely disappointed about), and so I thought I’d take a little time and talk about a few things that I wish I’d had …
Agra
My first travel excursion in India was a big one: Agra and the Taj Mahal. Before I left, many people asked me “Are you going to see the Taj Mahal?” to which I would respond …
Inner Mongolia for the Holidays
Hello all, 国庆节快乐！This week celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic China and so I have a week off of classes! As this is really the only break that we have this semester, I wanted …
Lesson Plan #2: Adjusting to Madrid
Subject: Studying Abroad Topic / Lesson #2: Adjusting to Madrid Time Frame: First month Lesson Taught By: Shaniya Stengl Bienvenidos a España! I’ve been in Spain for a little over a month by this point, …
If you want to be A Badger, Just Come along with me….to India?
Ever since I started learning Hindi the summer after my freshman year in University, I’ve heard about the UW in India program. Hindi and the start of my India experience began in June of 2013 …
China is like Spirit Airlines: Life in Beijing
Where does one even begin? I cannot believe that it has been almost two weeks since I arrived in the Beijing airport, nearly 24 hours after I packed my three bags into my dad’s car …