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Jet-Set to Jersey: From NYC Adventures to Rutgers Realities
By Alex Toomey, Rutgers University, USA The Plane Journey: Tears, Tunes, and Timmy Tim: My journey began with a predictably tearful goodbye—pulling myself out of the comfortable embrace of my friends and family at the painfully early hour of 6:30 AM. Well, maybe not that early, but when you’re a sleepy girl like me, anything before 9 AM feels like dawn. As the taxi pulled away, my tears only intensified, so naturally, I chose to make things worse by playing the most heart-wrenching songs known to man. Think “Scott Street” by Phoebe Bridgers level of emotional torture—#dontbeastranger indeed.
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Saying Goodbye!: Tales of a Mancunian Lost in the City of Angels
By David Sustana, University of Southern California, United States Howdy again, and for the last time, for now! If you’ve been keeping up with these blog posts throughout the past academic year, then you probably already know that the adventures that I’ve been sharing had been stretching further and further past the City of Angels, but for this last blog post, I’d like to reel things back to the place they started: South Central Los Angeles, home to the University of Southern California!
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Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas!: Tales of a Mancunian Lost in the City of Angels
By David Sustana, University of Southern California, United States Hello hello hello again, from what may just be the sunniest place on the planet! But not nearly the hottest: I’d have to give that title to Fabulous Las Vegas, where I had an absolutely surreal weekend that I thought I should share. (And, on a side note, I am aware that my adventures are beginning to exceed the scope of these blog titles.)
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Going Off-the-Grid: Tales of a Mancunian Lost in the City of Angels
By David Sustana, University of Southern California, United States Hey again from the other side of the world! I just wanted to share with everyone about my once-in-a-lifetime trip to two of America’s national parks during my time abroad.
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Fight on, Trojans!: Tales of a Mancunian Lost in the City of Angels
By David Sustana, University of Southern California, United States Hey from Southern California! Just wanted to update everyone on a really fun weekend that I had at USC. Today was the day of the big, annual rivalry (American!) football game between arch-rivals USC (go Trojans!) and UCLA (boo Bruins!). And let me tell you, the energy on and around campus was electric. I’d say it rivals (or, dare I say, surpasses) that of a Man City versus Man United game. But there are some pretty big differences between an English football game and an American college football game.
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On the Road Again!: Tales of a Mancunian Lost in the City of Angels
By David Sustana, University of Southern California, United States Hey there, just checking in again from sunny Southern California! Although, I guess I should really say Northern California, as I’ve just gotten back from a wonderful road trip with some friends from Golden Gate City (a.k.a San Francisco!).
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Reflecting on my First Semester at UW-Madison!
By Ava Griffiths, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA I have now completed my first semester abroad! It has certainly been overwhelming at times but ultimately so rewarding.
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My First Week at the University of Wisconsin, Madison!
By Ava Griffiths, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA It has been a hectic few months settling into my new life at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I am now just finding time to upload the blog post which I wrote after my first week here – it’s now been nearly four months! The time really does fly by.
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The Journey of Making Friends
by Alicja Banasiak, University of California Santa Cruz Coming to California for a whole year knowing no one and never even setting foot in the US before was a scary experience and although the journey wasn’t a straight forward one, I ended up having a cliché experience of making great friends and memories that I will cherish my whole life.
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Reviewing San Francisco’s Most Popular Attractions (+Hidden Gems)
by Alicja Banasiak, University of California Santa Cruz
- University of California - Berkeley, University of California - Los Angeles, University of California - San Diego, University of California - Santa Barbara, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Reviewing LAs Most Popular Attractions (+ Hidden Gems)
Alicja Banasiak, University of California Santa Cruz, US Griffith observatory If you play GTA you may already know that this place has all the views! You can drive to the very top by car or bus or you can hike, entry into the observatory is free but any shows or presentations are extra cost. From the top you can see the Hollywood sign and the entire city of LA as well as mountains in the background.
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Living in Santa Cruz, CA (Part 2)
By Alicja Banasiak, University of California Santa Cruz, US In this part of living in Santa Cruz, I will discuss activities to do on campus and downtown, local wildlife and the International Living Centre on campus. In my first post I spoke about grocery shopping, money spending and saving, commented on the local weather and free student facilities at UCSC.
