Study Abroad Blog

By Tom W.

Published Dec. 10, 2025

As I reflect on the time I've spent in Edinburgh, I'm surprised to see just how much has changed in a short 3 months. I've gone from being intimidated about taking public transit to it feeling more normal than driving somewhere would be. I've gone from not knowing what food to buy and eat to…

By Kate K.

Published Dec. 9, 2025

Coming to the end of my time abroad I am now reflecting back about how I have spent my time here. Now I am thinking about my favorite things that I did and the common thing that comes up is doing things with friends. Making good friends can really shape how you spend your days…

By Carly G.

Published Dec. 8, 2025

In November, I finished my study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My last week included finals, packing, and saying goodbye to all my friends. In my Spanish classes, I submitted videos called “grabadas” detailing my experience volunteering in Argentina and my growth in Spanish speaking throughout my time. In my classes in English over Latin…

By Nolan F.

Published Dec. 5, 2025

This year would be the first year in my life that I wouldn’t be able to participate in a proper American Thanksgiving with my family. The closest thing to Thanksgiving in Korea is the Chuseok festival which takes place in early October, but during the last week of November, while my friends from back home…

By Kate K.

Published Dec. 4, 2025

One of the things that I think is important to do in the city that you live in for study abroad is to experience things within your city. The worst thing that I can think of to happen is to live in a city for a semester and feel like you have experienced more in…

By Kate K.

Published Nov. 20, 2025

One of the major things to do while in Germany, especially in the Black Forest, is to go hiking. Freiburg is a little different from how other cities are, when developing new areas nature is taken into consideration. https://flic.kr/p/2rGzc8f Map of Freiburg (source: wiki commons) Which is evident when looking at a map of Freiburg…

By Devin D.

Published Nov. 17, 2025

As a political communication student, I was very excited to get to travel to Italy to learn new things. What I wasn't expecting was how quickly I was going to see change. As soon as we landed, we were waiting for our train to take us from the airport to Rome. Around the same time…

By Kate K.

Published Nov. 14, 2025

I am currently studying abroad in Freiburg, Germany, and one of the first things that I have found in my time being here difficult to navigate is the grocery store. Sure, most things in the grocery store are how you would expect to find it — soup in the soup aisle, apples in the produce…

By Ginger G.

Published Nov. 12, 2025

Now that midterms are over, I’m going to take some time to reflect on academics in my post. Besides my Korean class, most of my classmates are Korean students and the classes aren’t designed specifically for exchange students (though they are taught in English). This, combined with cultural differences, has challenged me this semester. My…

By Tom W.

Published Nov. 10, 2025

As I wrap up my second month at Heriot-Watt University, I’ve started to feel truly comfortable with the lifestyle that studying abroad encourages. Over the past month, I visited London, several cities in Norway, Amsterdam, Fort William, Glasgow and Stirling. https://flic.kr/p/2rE5StJ Stirling Castle It was disorienting at first to spend so much time in different…