Europe: A final thought
I haven鈥檛 really been able to process everything I鈥檝e just seen and experienced and done over the past three and a half months, and I think it is going to take me some time to do so. I鈥檝e learned so many things. But one thing that sticks out to me as of this moment that....
Europe: Immigration in Austria
24 October 2019* On September 27th, I had the privilege of playing soccer alongside refugees in a tournament that was part of 鈥淟anger Tag der Flucht鈥� (long day of the escape), a full day event devoted to the stories of refugees in Vienna, Austria.聽 As I was enjoying the sport I love and practicing my....
Europe: insights to the Holocaust
4 November 2019 When we started learning about the Holocaust in Europe, specifically in Vienna, I felt like being American, being so far removed from these tragedies, had made it difficult to understand them until I was there in the countries where they took place.聽 It impacted me greatly to be standing in the plaza....
Europe: Budapest
14 October 2019 One huge difference between Europe and North America is that you can take a three-hour train ride to get to another country and never have your passport checked! Thursday morning, our group met at Hauptbahnhof and took a train to Budapest, Hungary. During our three full days in a new city, we....
Europe: we are the same, can we see?
11 October 2019 I had no idea how living with a complete stranger for two months was going to go. I knew she was a retired teacher, had a daughter, and didn鈥檛 have any pets. That was it. The night we arrived in Vienna we all went to a restaurant for dinner and then waited....
Europe: Taking the opportunity
9 October 2019 I spent the fall semester of 2018 in DC with the Washington Community Scholars鈥� Program. I have the privilege of spending this semester in Europe studying art and theater. Theater is one thing that my two cross-culturals have in common. While I was in DC I worked as the production intern at....
Europe: Salzburg and Vienna
Highlights of Salzburg: Walking through old-town Salzburg Visiting stunning baroque churches like the University Church and the Salzburg Cathedral Hiking up M枚nchsberg to visit Salzburg fortress Taking a cable car up the Untersberg and hiking to the top Day-trip to Bavaria, where we took a boat to King鈥檚 Lake and visited salt mines\ Visited Grossglockner,....