Battling Homesickness Abroad
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- Written by: Ahnika White
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
People's lives don't pause while abroad, which can be difficult to accept.
6 Questions to Ask Before Becoming an Expat
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- Written by: Roop Gill
- Category: Work Abroad
A veteran expat's best advice—and some words of caution—for aspiring nomads.
How to Really Learn a Language
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Six strategies to boost your language learning.
Humanitarian Aid Work: Who's Helping the Helpers?
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- Written by: Sam Mednick
- Category: Travel Health
Working in disaster and conflict zones exacts a high mental toll on aid workers. Recognizing the fact would be a good first step.
Entertaining Visitors Abroad
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- Written by: Kelli Kennedy
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
You may have met your "study abroad" friends overseas. But how does that play out when they come to visit?
What it Means to Be a Woman in Ireland
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- Written by: Ahnika White
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
How I was unconsciously hindering my adaptation to life abroad.
How Missing Home Is Changing Me
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- Written by: Mikee Mutuc
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Two months of study abroad down, two to go.
Overcoming an Expat Kitchen in Asia
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- Written by: Erin Craig
- Category: Work Abroad
No oven? No problem with Erin Craig’s cooking tips.
Con Voyage
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- Written by: Andrew Ancheta
- Category: Travel Health
How to avoid scams, keep your cash—and still have fun.
A World Apart
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- Written by: Ann Marley
- Category: Study Abroad
When you’re alone and far from home, mental health issues can be magnified. How to cope during a semester abroad.
How to Stay Safe and Healthy While Studying Abroad
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Study Abroad
Risk managers' common-sense tips for making your time abroad as safe as possible.
Playing It Straight
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- Written by: Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich
- Category: Why we travel
Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich imagines a world where she doesn’t have to mask being queer while travelling abroad.
How to Survive Your First Weeks Abroad
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- Written by: Izabela Wlodarczyk
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How to cope when homesickness strikes.
Anticipating a Cultural Exchange
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- Written by: Emily Kennedy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Emily mentally prepares for her volunteer experience overseas.
The Four Pillars of Language Learning
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- Written by: Andrew Scott
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Four tips for learning a new language.
The "Wrong" Side of the Road
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- Written by: Roop Gill
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
It took three left-hand traffic countries for Roop to get used to the "wrong side of the road."
European Cheek Kissing Culture
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- Written by: Polina Gamayunova
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
To kiss or not to kiss? That is the question.
Why I Loved Studying Abroad in a City That I Didn't Want to Study In
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- Written by: Jessica Dante
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
It wasn't Jessica's top choice, but she found exactly what she was looking for in Antwerp.
I Conquered My Fear of Traveling as a Solo Female
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- Written by: Eva Zhu
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Overcoming the unknown as a solo female traveller.
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to London
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- Written by: Cat Mills
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
An outsider's guide to working abroad in one of the world's greatest cities.
