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A weekend in Kanye

Posted on June 4, 2019

Upon entering Kanye I noticed that it was a pretty large village. I saw grocery stores, gas stations and lots of houses, in which  you could tell how wealthy the families who inhabited the houses …

Posted in Africa, Botswana, Global Gateway, UW Gateway Botswana 2019Tagged Homestay, International Academic Programs, Kanye, study abroad, summer abroad, UW Gateway Botswana 2019, UW-madison

Kanye Village Homestay

Posted on June 3, 2019

During our third weekend in Botswana, we were fortunate enough to stay in the village of Kanye which is about an hour and a half away from Gaborone. Kanye has 45,000 people within the village, …

Posted in Africa, Botswana, Global Gateway, UW Gateway Botswana 2019Tagged Africa, Botswana, Homestay, International Academic Programs, study abroad, UW Gateway Botswana 2019, UW-madison

Homestay Experience

Posted on April 1, 2019

The WIP program includes a homestay for a few weeks at the start of the program as you get settled into Madrid. My homestay was with a señora and I also shared the homestay with …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Amanda Janquart, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019Tagged Amanda Janquart, Homestay, International Academic Programs, Madrid, semester abroad, Spain, study abroad, UW-madison, WIP

down the stairs i go

Posted on January 22, 2018

I’m finally here, and it feels surreal. After a long flight yet smooth travels, I arrived at CPH at 9 AM on Saturday. With a few DIS students, we waited for our host families to …

Posted in Academic Year 2017-2018, Arika Feils, Denmark, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Arika Feils, arrival, coffee, Denmark, getting settled, Homestay

EN UGE

Posted on January 5, 2018

|ONE WEEK| While being at home during winter break, I have had a chance to reflect upon how thankful I am for my family, friends, AND SO MUCH MORE.  The holiday season is about gratefulness, …

Posted in Academic Year 2017-2018, Arika Feils, Denmark, Europe, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Arika Feils, Denmark, Homestay, pre-departure post, STEM study abroad

Homestay

Posted on October 7, 2013

For the time that I’ve been here in Morocco, I’ve been living with a homestay family.  There are five of us in the family: a brother, sister, mother and father, as well as an old, …

Posted in Africa, Fall 2013, Morocco, Returned Student, Sierra Buehlman BarbeauTagged Fez, Homestay, International Academic Programs, Morocco, Sierra Buehlman Barbeau, study abroad, UW-madison

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