This is one of my favorite blog posts from when I studied in Paris! 

http://erinacrosstheatlantic.blogspot.com/2011/12/paris-pastry-per-day-diet.html 

Feel free to check out the rest of my blog too :) It's a nice mix of anecdotes, reflections, and proposals—well, in my opinion anyway! It's been an interesting experience being back in Davis. Sometimes I have to go back and read my blog…

Hallo Studenten/innen!

My favorite part about studying in Germany is that there is no homework, no participation points and no attendance list. That being said, when all of your classes are taught in German, you have to go to class! The down side to all of this, although it does sound pretty sweet, is that I only have one or two things being graded for each class: presentations and essays IN GERMAN that are worth my entire grade.

I have a presentation coming up…

The all too familiar phrase can be found seemingly anywhere - on clothing, electronics, and even on the underside of kid's meal toys: "Made in Taiwan"

The phrase, and the country along with it, is all too often associated with mediocre quality products that don't leave an impression. 

This blog is here to change that.

I am not made in Taiwan. My parents are and so are my grandparents - my heritage is made in Taiwan. As a child, I found myself frequently visiting the…

 I've already been in Sweden for about nine months now, so I figure it's about time to start documenting my experiences.

I'll start with Valborg, also known as Siste April (last of April). Essentially, it's celebrating the beginning of summer--definitely a cause for celebration in Sweden where the winter is long, cold, and dark.

It's not too hard to describe Valborg to Aggies. It's essentially picnic day minus the doxie derby (and fights) and plus a…

Hey guys! This is my first time posting an entry on this site. I actually have my own blog through blogger.com , where I post semi-regularly. Here's a link: http://frenchfrieezz.blogspot.fr/

Anyway, since I just joined the Aggie Abroad Network, I thought it might be cool to add a blog on here too! I know it's a little late since I only have about a month left, but here it goes.

It's difficult to reflect back on all…

I wanted to write you guys a little blurb about the health care we receive abroad.  I am not sure how it is in other countries, but I am sure that it is the same quality.  I recently was just in the hospital for a week with Pneumonia.  I was terrified.  I had never had to stay over night in a hospital before and I was away from home and my family to put the cherry on top. 

In Barcelona we have to go to a certain hospital that accepts our insurance: Clinica Tres Torres.  The…

Hello again to everyone!



 



So in my last letter I told you that I was going to Berlin and Prague for Spring break so here goes!



 



Okay, the week before I left, I had a friend come to stay with me for her Spring break from UCD.  We had a blast.  Did all the fun touristy stuff and spent time together that we had missed very much.  Because my friend was here, I could not leave until Saturday (March 31).  All of my other friends left on Thursday or Friday. …

Hello my wonderful people whom I love!



 



So I have been back from home for about 2 months now.  Tracie was right in saying that second semester everything comes together.  I have made life long friends with my California friends whom I live with now and great Spanish friends for the moment.  One of my friends from UCD is playing baseball for the Barcelona team and has introduced us to all of his friends.  We have been having so much fun.  I am also enjoying my work and…

Hi Everyone!



 

Finally back for the fourth time.  Sorry it has taken me so long to write you all again.  With being home and finals, I haven’t had time to sit down and give you my update J.  But I am back in Spain and done with finals, so I decided to write you guys again! So here goes…



 

Lets begin with December 2, 2011.  On this day I left for the Spanish city of Madrid.  While I was in Cadiz, I made a really good friend named Sarah and she is currently studying…

Hi for the third time!



The last you heard was that my parents and my sister Tracie were coming yay!  My mom and dad arrived the evening of October 5.  I went to pick them up at the airport and when I saw them walk out of the arrival gate, I could not help but tear up.  It had been 3 months since I had seen them last, so being able to finally hug them was a dream come true.  We took a taxi into the city and found their apartment that my mom found.  When we walked in I was shocked,…

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So this is the second e-mail I have sent you all keeping you updated on my trip :).  The last you heard is that I was having an amazing time in the south of Spain in Cádiz.  On August 11 we had the most amazing dinner I have ever had.  It was a goodbye dinner that they school paid for :).  It was at least $70 per person if I had to guess with all the food and wine we got. They first brought us out appetizers that would blow your mind.  Fresh salmon, jamon iberica, fresh…

Hello Everyone!



Just thought that I would send an e-mail to everyone to give you an update about what has been going on.  At the moment I am in Cádiz, a little city in the south of Spain.  The place that I am staying is in a little plaza across from a beautiful cathedral and right behind that is the ocean.  I am currently in the dorms, but when I eventually get to Barcelona I will be in an apartment with Spanish girls so that I can be speaking in Spanish all day every day.…

http://hongkongandbeyond.com/2012/04/24/becoming-a-cairo-expat/

Feel free to read my blog for more posts like these from Cairo!…

Today was Dia de Sant Jordi here in Barcelona. The only way I can describe the holiday is by trying to ask you to imagine someone that has a blender that mixes holidays, and instead of mixing the obvious choice of Halloween and Thanksgiving, Catalonia mixes July Fourth with Valentine's Day. If you want to read more, I wrote about it in my blog, and here is a link.…

On March 29th, a general strike or "Huelga General" erupted across Spain. With a flight scheduled to Berlin the same day, I was forced to change my flight to the Wednesday before due to a pilot's strike that grounded roughly 75% of flights out of Barcelona. As a student from Davis, I like to think that I'm pretty well-versed in the area of protests and strikes, but the events that unfolded on March 29th really opened my eyes to the possibilities, and inevitable hypocrasies of large-scale…

Touring the Isle of Skye was the most anticipated trip of the semester for myself and many other ISC (international student centre) students in Edinburgh University. Our group of ~50 took a coach on a 5 hour drive north-west-ward crossing the Skye bridge to Kyleakin where we stayed for two nights. The Isle of Skye features miles of uninhabited land and natural beauty.

We began our Saturday from Kyleakin with a short trek to Castle Moil learning about Sausy Mary and her…

I'm that awkward foreign kid at my school here in Barcelona. Remember Fes from "That 70's Show"? Well, his name stands for Foreign Exchange Student, or F.E.S. for short, and that's me. Not to brag or anything, but I know quite a bit of Spanish. I've studied it for a few years now. Some even say that I'm nearly fluent. Well, that would help me a lot if I were in Spain, but I'm in Catalonia, an autonomous region of Spain, and they do not speak Spanish. They speak Catalan. I can barely…

Here I am, back in Davis again. I am already over half-way through my first quarter back, proving to me that time, once again, is moving far too fast for my taste.

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