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I wish I had realized the importance of exploring sooner during my time away. Sitting in Buen Retiro park in Madrid writing this as I bask in 22-degree sunshine in March, I feel worlds away from the not-so-spectacular weather that I’d usually be...
- Type: Article
- Author: Anna Matthews
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Why I can't be a spokesperson for my home country. “So…Brexit?” You know when it’s coming. There’s a short, suspenseful silence before someone brings up the question everyone’s been dying to ask: What the hell is going on in the UK right now? In 2016,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Lucy Ferguson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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One woman shares her journey to embrace self-awareness, and how volunteers can contribute. During the past month of volunteering at Yobaba Lounge in France, our Workaway host, Gertrud, has shared her yoga and mindfulness practice with us. Recently, I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Alana Jenkins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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I’ve finally started to realize that my nomadic life isn’t a dream. If you had asked me in August of 2018 what my plans were, I would have said, “find a job and see what happens.” Then I became a freelancer and decided to work on becoming nomadic by...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley Madden
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Five things I've learned on an international internship with a Russian NGO. Skimming through a list of possible internship opportunities compiled by my study abroad program, my eyes snagged on The Center of the Development of Noncommerical...
- Type: Article
- Author: Katrina Keegan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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In a full-time office environment, having adventures abroad takes a little more effort. It’s important to remember that working abroad is just that—work. As I take stock of the almost two months I’ve lived in South Carolina, what stands out the most is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Zoe Bell
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Deep in the Borneo rainforest, I'm learning to expect the unexpected. I have been living at a scientific research station in the Borneon jungle for over a month. In my time here, I have found that living in a tropical rainforest brings some unexpected...
- Type: Article
- Author: Amelia McKinlay
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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What it's like being "the other" in my adopted home. In the Malasaña neighbourhood of Madrid, there’s an English language bookstore and bar that I like to frequent. It’s a great spot for a pint and when the table in the back corner by the window is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Palmer
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Bonus: It involves cocktails. It goes without saying that studying abroad—in any location—is challenging experience. However, for those studying in a country where the language spoken isn't their native tongue, it’s a completely different story. Even...
- Type: Article
- Author: Katie Smith
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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As the time to move abroad draws close, here are a few things to consider. As the time to move abroad draws close, there are a few things that you need to spend extra time on to make sure everything goes according to plan. As part of a nomads' Facebook...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley Madden
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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No, it's not my heart. It's my superannuation fund. I spent a year working and travelling in Australia and was surprised to learn that many other expats didn’t know you could claim your superannuation fund money back after you leave the country. I’m...
- Type: Article
- Author: Rachael Doyle
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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How to recognize when it's time to move on. Whenever I talk to anyone from home they ask "how's Mexico?" It's a simple but enormous question. How could I possibly sum up how simultaneously great and difficult and exciting and lonely life in Mexico is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Kate Buckle
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Now, I'm a fly on the wall of a nation in total meltdown. So I clearly didn’t do my research when deciding to move to the UK. I am asked constantly by Brits (in a tone I can only describe as disgusted): “What made you move to this country?” Every time,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Amanda Belcourt
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Weekend jaunts to London or Paris? No, thank you. I’m afraid of Western Europe. At least, that’s what I jokingly tell people when they ask if I’m planning to hop on a cheap flight to the UK, Germany, France, Italy or Spain. (You know, the places people...
- Type: Article
- Author: Katrina Keegan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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I was told it would take five years to feel at home. Here's how my experience measures up. After moving to Switzerland, I was keen to find out how long it would take to settle in. Responses like “five years,” or “wait till you have kids” filled me with...
- Type: Article
- Author: Lucy Ferguson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Travel changed not only me, but our relationship. Vibrant, smart, bright, and beautiful. Warm, entertaining and always there for me. We met in 2016. From my cubicle, I’d think of her. When I’d get home, she’d welcome me. With her, I laughed, I felt...
- Type: Article
- Author: Tyler Michalek
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Here's how I'm trying to change the mistakes of my past. After a life of traditional motives and success, I was shocked to find dissatisfaction from my desk. On paper, I was doing great. I’d graduated summa cum laude, landed a spot at a prestigious...
- Type: Article
- Author: Tyler Michalek
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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A wider talent pool, bureaucracy and a foreign passport can all make for a bumpy ride. It’s been a while since I left my previous job and I’ve noticed a huge change in my mood, routines and overall wellbeing. Most days, I do miss my paycheque and the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Durrah Taqiah
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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No, I'm not looking for Prince Charming—I'm helping look for answers. After a 13-hour flight, a seven-hour layover, a second three-hour flight, a night in a hotel and a very bumpy three-hour drive, I have made it to the research camp I will be working...
- Type: Article
- Author: Amelia McKinlay
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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"Travel with purpose" can happen anytime and anywhere. We were an hour into our journey to the famous James Bond rock in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand when we turned around and decided to visit the Soi Dog Foundation, instead. As soon as we arrived, I knew...
- Type: Article
- Author: Alana Jenkins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
