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Airport Reflections

Posted on September 12, 2017

I’m sitting in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with my Starbucks coffee and the sandwich and chips that I packed (OK, that my mom packed), and for what feels like the first time in a month …

Posted in Academic Year 2017-2018, Czech Republic, Emma Miller, Europe, Fall 2017, Returned StudentTagged Czech Republic, departure, Emma Miller, Prague, semester abroad

My China Away from China

Posted on August 12, 2015

7/15 A couple weeks ago, I went to Chicago to file in my visa request to study abroad at the embassy. I visited my grandma after. She lives in a senior-community apartment complex on the …

Posted in Academic Year 2015-2016, Asia, China, Returned Student, Tammy TianTagged Beijing, china, departure, International Academic Programs, study abroad, Tammy Tian, Tsinghua University, UW-madison, visa, year abroad

Departure

Posted on June 16, 2015

7:29 AM CDT, June 16, 2015 – Chicago, Illinois, USA I’m currently chillin’ in O’hare, waiting to get on my connecting flight to DC. I walked by five different Starbucks in between terminals. Not bad, …

Posted in Asia, Garrett Frankson, Kazakhstan, Returned Student, Summer 2015Tagged ACTR, Almaty, departure, Garrett Frankson, International Academic Programs, Kazakhstan, Russian, study abroad, UW-madison

Getting Ready

Posted on February 20, 2015

So… Apparently I’m going to Chile in a few days. And I’m really excited about it! Even though it doesn’t quite seem real yet. If you told me I could go live in a smallish …

Posted in Central/South America, Chile, Megan Gray, Returned Student, Spring 2015Tagged Arica, Chile, departure, International Academic Programs, Megan Gray, UW-madison1 Comment

Counting Down the Days

Posted on January 28, 2015

One month. Four weeks. Twenty eight days. Six hundred and seventy two hours. Forty thousand, three hundred and twenty minutes. The amount of time until my study abroad orientation in Arica starts. (Plus 11 minutes …

Posted in Chile, Megan Gray, Returned Student, Spring 2015Tagged Arica, Chile, departure, International Academic Programs, Megan Gray, UW-madison

Happy Birthday To Me

Posted on May 26, 2014

May 25th, 2014 2:08am Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me… Happy birthday dear Brian….. 20 years ago today marks the unmiraculous event of my birth. One of the millions of babies that day …

Posted in Brian Brito, Central/South America, Ecuador, Returned Student, Summer 2014Tagged birthday, Brian Brito, departure, Ecuador, International Academic Programs, leaving, Quito, study abroad, UW-madison

A (Relatively) Unorganized Adventure

Posted on August 13, 2013

At the moment I am seated in an aisle seat as the massive international plane I’m in cruises across the Atlantic Ocean, just off of the eastern coast Canada. My sister, who will be my …

Posted in Academic Year 2013-2014, Christian Gerhart, Europe, Returned Student, SpainTagged Christian Gerhart, departure, European travel, International Academic Programs, Madrid, packing light, Spain, study abroad, UW-madison1 Comment

It’s Time!

Posted on July 15, 2013

Tomorrow I depart for Sydney, Australia! I leave behind all familiarity and venture off to a country halfway around the world in the completely opposite hemisphere! It’s hard to believe the day I’ve been waiting …

Posted in Australia, Elora Majumdar, Fall 2013, Oceania, Returned StudentTagged Australia, departure, Elora Majumdar, International Academic Programs, study abroad, Sydney, UW-madison

Leaving for Seville

Posted on January 17, 2013

Even as I am on board my flight to Chicago (the first leg of my journey to Spain), I cant quite wrap my head around what I am about to do. Sure, I have spent …

Posted in Europe, Quinlyn Mullaney, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2013Tagged CIEE, departure, International Academic Programs, Journalism, Quinlyn Mullaney, Seville, Spain, Spanish, study abroad, UW-madison

And we’re off…

Posted on January 16, 2013

The time is upon us. Countdowns have begun, final preparations put in place, and emotions are running wild. This is it people. I leave for Ghana in less than 48 hours. I am maybe, kind …

Posted in Africa, Christine Fukuda, Ghana, Returned Student, Spring 2013Tagged Biology, Christine Fukuda, CIEE, departure, Ghana, global health, International Academic Programs, Legon, study abroad, University of Ghana, UW-madison2 Comments
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