Posted on March 25th, 2009 by Leslie
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Budapest, Hungary
Guten Tag! Yesterday we took a day trip to Budapest Hungary. We left at the ungodly hour of 6:00 am to catch our 3 1/2 hour train to Budapest. We stayed in the compartments in the train like you always see in the movies. When looking outside, I often felt that I was looking at [...]
Posted on March 19th, 2009 by Leslie Scheck
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The Australian Dream
We are back in America. It is hard to believe that just over a week ago 26 of us were half way across the world experiencing the most beautiful scenery and having the most surreal adventure for 2 months. In a way they entire trip almost seems as if it were a dream. For all [...]
Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Simon Granner
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Rainy Days in Vienna
Guten Tag! Our first week of classes in Vienna have officially started. The weather has been rainy and windy everyday, claiming many umbrellas, including 2 of Kristen Classen’s in one day. Along with the bad weather, our first week of doing laundry in the sink has started. The Viennese do not use dryers, and in [...]
Posted on March 15th, 2009 by Leslie Scheck
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Truly Remarkable
As I’m staring out the fourth floor library window right now (bundled up in my winter fleece), the cold draft serves as an unpleasant reminder how far away I am from Sydney, Australia. The last month has been a blur—containing heaps (a popular Australian word) of exciting adventures, humorous encounters, and sad goodbyes. The following [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2009 by katharine-fulginiti
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Leavin’ on a Jet Plane…
So it is the first day of Spring Term, and it has been an odd feeling to be back in the U.S. and on campus. I find myself missing Vietnam at weird times. It has been nice to be home in a place that I am more familiar with, but over the past month, Vietnam [...]
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by kristin-deutsch
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First Impressions of Vienna
Hallo from Vienna!! We arrived in Vienna 3 days ago and have been staying at The Wombat Hostel on the southwestern side of the city. On the plane ride here we experienced a great deal of turbulence, making sleeping almost impossible. Therefore staying awake for the first day to avoid jet lag was quite a [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2009 by Leslie Scheck
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