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- Type: Article
- Author: Natalie Segovia
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The ultimate way to step outside of your comfort zone. If you’re heading overseas, chances are you have nothing holding you back at home—nothing tying you down, nothing to look back on. You’re independent and want to experience something new and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After a successful work abroad season in New Zealand, Taylor lands in Australia. But her job search isn't going as planned. A week and a half into my Australian working holiday, I found myself kneeling in the dirt of a farm several hours outside of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: 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." The first time I sat behind the wheel of a right-hand drive car was on an East Coast road trip in Australia. With a trusted Danish navigator in the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Mark discovers that in Italy, celebrations are also worthy of critical thinking. "You could never get away with this in America,” my friend said to me as a gigantic cara (float) passed by us, blocking out the sun at Carnivale in Viareggio. On the end...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Trina Moyles
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Trina visits a market in Guatemala and makes a surprising discovery. They arrived at 4 o’clock in the morning. Outside my hotel window in the cobbled streets below, men and women arrived from the countryside or from smaller towns and villages around...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Natalie Segovia
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Finding a job was easy. Finding a house on the other hand, was harder than Nat expected. It’s been three months since I arrived in Austria and a hectic three months it has been. When I first arrived here, I wasn’t too sure what to expect. Things are...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alana Fata
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After working abroad in Vietnam, Alana readjust to life at home. In the most clichéd of terms, every adventure must come to an end. Whether the silent weeps of your bank account first signify your homecoming, a pre-scheduled return date, or the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Polina Gamayunova
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
To kiss or not to kiss? That is the question. Apart from certain circles and in some Quebec cities, the social cheek kissing culture has never been recognized as a form of etiquette in Canada. Most Canadians aren’t accustomed to this norm and have not...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrew Scott
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Living under the watchful eye of Murcia's informadores. Previously, I've spoken a lot about tradition in my blog posts. It's easy to harp on nostalgically about the romantic past of a foreign city and there are plenty of dark-eyed Moors and sadistic...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Melissa Gagne
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Ljubljana, Slovenia, has Melissa falling head over heels. I’m in love. Reminiscent of the 1995 film It Takes Two, it’s that “can’t eat, can’t sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence world series kinda stuff.” I didn’t think it would happen so fast....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Why you should get over your fear and start traveling solo. Two weeks ago I bought a one-way bus ticket to Siena on a whim. The sight of the hills of Tuscany was like no other along the way and was originally what intrigued me to take the trip. When I...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Fritz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
There are road bumps on the way to becoming an overseas nanny. I toyed around with the idea of being an au pair for a while. I weighed the pros and cons and ultimately decided that I wanted to give it a try. After signing up on an au pair website and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Anna Sawchuk
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Anna spends time in Cambodia's capital before starting her volunteer project in the jungle. After spending yet another bus ride listening to some high-pitched Khmer karaoke blasting through the speakers, we finally arrived in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom...
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A True Canadianhttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/articles/study-abroad/194-blogs/1174-a-true-canadian
- Type: Article
- Author: Kait Bolongaro
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Three common misconceptions that Germans have about Canada. In Germany, “where are you from?” is usually the second question that I am asked by locals. Most smile fondly when I say Canada. German people love Canada and its natural beauty, people and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Greg Snell
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Greg landed one of the best jobs in the world--and as it turns out, that involves "work." Almost two months ago, I boarded a plane and flew to Kangaroo Island to begin the experience of a lifetime. I was officially beginning my post as one of Tourism...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrew Scott
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
An inside look at the Spanish city's cathedral. From the white cliffs of Dover to Liberty Island, landmarks have served as a bastion of homeliness or a torch of adventure for the any traveller. Every time I see Murcia's cathedral tower stretching above...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Allison Burney
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After 15 months of teaching abroad, Allison faces her next challenge: Canadian winter. Less than a month before my 23rd birthday, I arrived in Korea for the first time, with absolutely no idea what lay ahead for me. A lot has happened in just over a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Trina Moyles
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
What does an influx of tourism mean for Guatemala's most famous city? I’ve developed an incurable love affair with Central America over the past 10 years, so it was un placer, a sweet pleasure, indeed, to fly from Africa to the Americas (via a pit stop...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
What my brief time as a city cyclist has taught me about life abroad. Moving to a big city, one thinks a lot about transportation: Do I take the bus when it’s too far to walk? Is the price of cabs too steep? And walking around the cobblestone streets...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Roop Gill
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
How to pass for a Londoner, even if you're a tourist. When I first got to London, I was overwhelmed. It’s one of the world’s busiest and craziest cities. There’s so much to see, do and most importantly, eat. So, where do you start? If you find yourself...
