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Category: Culture

The Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, and Chicken McNuggets?

Rachael Goldberg, Study Abroad ’19, Northwestern ’20 Economics, French Leading up to my study abroad experience in Paris, I constantly daydreamed about what it...
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Exploring bits of Argentina

I landed in Buenos Aires on one of the last warm mornings of the summer of 2020. Without knowing that there was a three-week...
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How we went from a “virus” to COVID1984

While in Argentina, each day brought an increasing amount of updates that we could barely foresee the day before. In a sense, it felt...
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Moving to a new country two weeks before a pandemic hits (Coronavirus 1/2)

The news of a spreading virus escalated at an unpredictable pace. I can clearly recall packing for my study abroad experience in late february...
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Choosing a program

When considering study abroad programs, a student’s criteria is vast. Location, languages, housing, cultural gaps. What I found most useful was to find a...
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A Guide to the Dunedin Music Scene

 In the indie-pop realm of the music world, Dunedin is something of a holy grail. From pioneering a specific sound, later called the “Dunedin...
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Cafe Hopping

Korea is known for its aesthetic and themed cafes, so I frequented them over my semester abroad. A lot I visited for birthday events,...
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Sharing Perspectives

One of my favorite things about Ewha Womans University is the fact that its a feminist institution in a traditionally old-fashioned society. It is...
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Jumunjin Beach

This was a last minute, spontaneous trip with my German friend. She speaks Korean well, so I felt traveling with her outside of Seoul...
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Jeju Island

Jeju Island is arguably the most popular vacation spot in South Korea, so this was another weekend trip I wanted to go on. This...
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