Leaving my footprints in Europe

While traveling abroad one of the main things that has been the hardest for me to adapt to is the language barrier. In the Czech Republic we have been taking Czech language classes so in the Czech republic is has been getting easier as we progress in our class. For example When we went on … More miscommunication

These past 5 days have been filled with lots of memories. This was our last group trip together which makes me so sad! From today I will be back into the United States in 9 days. This is just absolutely crazy to me. On our first day of traveling we left the dorms at 9am … More A week in Bohemia

This last weekend was very bitter sweet. Bitter because that means the end of my study abroad time in the Czech Republic is coming. Sweet because Copenhagen was so much fun! When we were getting ready for Copenhagen we decided to get a Copenhagen card. This included entrances to many museums, entrance into Tivoli gardens … More Last Free Weekend in Copenhagen

While being aboard on this program we have the opportunity to travel a lot. I have say though it is a little bit different traveling while already abroad. When we travel most of the time it has been by cheap European flights so we most of time only allowed a personal item, so we most … More Tips and Tricks

This past weekend we took a field trip to Krakow, Poland. This weekend was filled with lots learning. The whole weekend I had a heavy heart as we learned a lot about what happened in Poland during WWII. It is all so devastating and I still do not understand how human beings can be so … More Krakow, Poland

This past weekend was another free weekend and this weekend in particular was one we were looking forward to for a long time. We had this trip planned for little over a month so the anticipation was growing. I had high expectations for this trip, and to say the least they were met. We left … More Amsterdam

We recently just went on our 2nd field trip to Vienna and Venice. The first place we went to was Vienna. The bus picked us up at the dorms and we were headed to Vienna. It was only about 2 and half hour bus ride so it really was not terrible. It was a little … More Field trip to Vienna and Venice

It has been about a month since I have arrived here in Olomouc. It has taken some adjusting to the different lifestyle, but so far I love it! One of the first things I had to get use to was the public transportation. Here in Olomouc we use the tram system to get around. This … More Life in Olomouc

This past weekend we had another free weekend and four of us decided to go to brussels. The travels to brussels went really smooth surprisingly. However it was still a pretty long travel day. We got out of class at 1pm and we stopped to exchange currency and get a panini. We then headed to … More It’s all about the Belgium waffle!

This past weekend was the start of our first field trip. We left Thursday morning from Olomouc to Prague. We checked into our hostel and I was kind of curious on what it was going to be like because I have never stayed in one before. Our stay wasn’t terrible just not use to eight … More field trip to Prague and Dresden