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Photos of the Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road has to be one of the best roadtrips you can do in the land down under. The scenery is jaw-droppingly...
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The Importance of Language

For thanksgiving my family came to town, and they were able to meet with my homestay family which was a really fun opportunity. However,...
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Food in Australia is Surprisingly Good

I am an avid foodie, meaning that I spend ~almost~ as much time on deciding which quaint cafe or gourmet dining location to visit...
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Decoding

When I arrived in Paris on September 1st, I got off the train at Gare du Nord and desperately needed make a bathroom pitstop....
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A city of historical surprises

I just finished all my travel for the quarter. I spent a week going to Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Munich. Then spent time in Geneva...
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First Blog Post

After having some initial trouble setting up by account, I am finally ready to make a blog post. I have been in Paris for...
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Within Reach

Max Sigal, Study Abroad ’18, Northwestern ’20 Integrated Science Program, Chemistry, Biological Sciences When I first entered Northwestern, I never dreamed that I would...
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living my best tourist life

UCL has a really strange term set up; reading week is the first week of November but exams are mid-December. Consequently, this week doesn’t...
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Homesick?

Homesickness, it’s what I’m most terrified of. I’m scared of being lonely and not having things that are comfortable. It’s what scared me most...
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Move On and Along

  Studying abroad in Germany this past summer had been an absolute privilege. I was thrown into a completely different culture where societal norms...
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