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- Type: Article
- Author: Lucy Ferguson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Frustrated by the job search process, I decided to go my own way. Here's how. Thanks to the relationship between Switzerland and the EU (please don’t ask me about Brexit), I didn’t have a whole lot of trouble getting into Switzerland. In fact, I was...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lucy Ferguson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Love makes us do craziest things, and moving abroad is one of them. The purpose of my trip to Canada was to spend a little time away from everything and everyone; to breathe some fresh mountain air and think about what to do with my life after quitting...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Palmer
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
My dog, Louie, was my home in a place away far from home. Louie was a Baltimore success story. After a rough start in life, he went on to become a world traveller. He did what many Baltimoreans can’t say: He made it out of the city. I met Louie, a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Palmer
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
I swore I'd never return to Madrid, but life had other plans for me. At the age of 27, I fled my stable life in Baltimore, Maryland. I had great job, owned my own home, was surrounded by loving and supportive people. By society’s standards, I was...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lillian Berggoetz
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Volunteering abroad has help me realize my future career aspirations. Travelling with purpose, in my opinion, is the best way to travel. From experience, I can tell you that knowing you have a place and a purpose for being somewhere is one of the best...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Melissa Verwey
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After over a year abroad, my life has changed in lots of little ways. We are halfway into our second year in Amsterdam, and after a few trips back to Canada, I am starting to really realize the changes in myself. I’m not necessarily talking about...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sarah Healy
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Trips for navigating through a terrain fraught with emotion. I slowly sipped my tea, seeking comfort in the delicate flavours against the backdrop of the desert night. A series of shouts erupted from the courtyard beneath my window. However, I was not...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shantel Dickerson
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
A glimpse into the life of a volunteer teacher. I have never been in an environment as international as Peace Boat. As I walk around the ship, I hear Indonesian, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, German, Turkish, English, Italian, French and Chinese. People...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shantel Dickerson
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Preparing for five continents and 23 countries is no easy feat. After leaving Japan at the end of July and visiting friends and family across the United States, I arrived at my childhood home. I had just two weeks to unpack my two-year adventure in...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Katrina Keegan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
I walked my way from being a tourist to a resident of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is a multidirectional city. Dozens of canals flow perpendicular to bridges and the wind slants falling rain against pedestrians, whose footsteps scatter pigeons...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sandra Barnidge
- Category: Work Abroad
Three questions to help you decide whether to become a digital nomad or a rooted expat. Deciding to work abroad is an exciting moment in your career, whether you’re fresh out of college or just ready for a fresh start. But before you print up new...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel B. Sarvestani
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How music transcends culture and language. Whatever you call them, troubadours, minstrels and balladeers all have two things in common: an instrument and a nomadic soul. I qualify on both counts. Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Anna Matthews
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
My tips for learning about your new city solo. I have to say that I’ve been very lucky since arriving in Madrid. Through mutual friends, I immediately found some great people of a similar age to me who will also be living in the same city for the year....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Anna Matthews
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Sometimes, not wanting to travel is more than just "cold feet." In a few days’ time I’ll be boarding a one-way flight to Madrid, where I’ll spend the next nine months as an Erasmus student at the University of Alcala. I genuinely could not be more...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Justine Hall
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What I learned working abroad—and how it's changed me. I craved this for months and now I'm here: Sitting in my favourite coffee-shop-turned-hip-social-scene back home in San Diego, sipping my large iced coffee while listening to a mix of old-school...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lillian Berggoetz
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
The children are back and ready to learn, and I'm back and ready to teach. After their month-long break, the kids are back at school and ready to learn. I am currently volunteering at two schools: Virunga Valley Academy (VVA) and the Deaf school. This...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Katrina Keegan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
What's the difference between Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union? They are the questions I'm asked most frequently: How's Russia? Haven’t you lived in Russia for a while already? What is it really like there? I previously lived for...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Katrina Keegan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
What's in a name? As Katrina learns while studying abroad in Russia, a lot. I have an alter ego named Katya. I’m taking her with me to St. Petersburg, Russia for nine and a half months. Katya was born in a fifth grade classroom during "Russian for Fun"...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Addie Weller
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What life is really like as a full-time "kru" in Korat. Teaching, as a profession, is never easy. Add in a language barrier and communication conflicts and that'll kick things up a notch. Welcome to teaching in Thailand. I teach kindergarten and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sarah Healy
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What does an average day look like working in an underground town? While hordes of tourists make the harrowing journey to Australia's iconic red centre, not many contemplate working or residing here. Working in hospitality, it's an interesting...
