What is interesting about the two places I will talk about in this post is that one was planned and the other was not. Both also provided the unexpected. The first one, Rhossili Beach, was …
Cardiff
From Wales to Wisconsin in One Week
Ever since I started my experience I abroad, I denied the inevitability of the dreaded goodbye and reflection post that most people who study abroad have to face and write (for my case). I remember …
A Hike and Tintern Abbey
I am so sorry about my blog being MIA since early March! With the stress of exams and essays in late April / early May, and my three weeks away from the UK during spring …
Sheep Tour of North Wales
Wales may be known as a small country, but that does not mean that they have a shortage of sheep-not that I am complaining. As many Wisconsinites are used to vast farm fields and cows, …
Palm Trees in Wales!
This past weekend of adventure and exploration of Cardiff and its surrounding area has once again rose above my expectations. One of the reasons I chose to study abroad in Wales was because I did …
Hwyl fawr, Wales
(I started writing this two weeks before I left for home. I could retrofit all the verbs to past tense now that I’m back, but I think I like it as-is.) Well, I’m all packed …
Dw i’n caru y coffi yma: I love the coffee here
I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats wondering which of Cardiff’s coffee shops are my all-time favorites. Sorry about that! My flight home, the one date I’ve had circled on my …
Exit Interview: the Cardiff Experience (Part 2)
[after six weeks of exams and traveling we’re picking up where we left off.] Gwyneth/Sioned: Did you change your hair or something? You look…different. Me: *wearing dark glasses and a beret, waving a cigarette around …
Dwi’n hoffi y coffi yma: I like the coffee here
“Today I write part two of my Cardiff Uni reflections” is a sentence I probably said to myself this morning. But I’ve been sitting here for an hour and I can’t stop ranking Cardiff’s cafes …
Exit Interview: the Cardiff Experience (Part 1)
For someone who’s been studying abroad since January, I haven’t blogged much about studying, have I? Not because I haven’t been studying, Mom. Just because big concepts like “academic experience” and “day-to-day life” are things …