Tales From aBroad

Fifteen hundred euros to escape from the only life you’ve ever known, but even that life is mostly gone now, a blurry outline of a memory that is quickly fading, just as you have now mysteriously vanished from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan to set foot on the “stone...

Study Abroad is an experience like no else. I have grown and learned in so many new ways over this semester. I have learned what communal living is all about and how to love people in such close quarters. I have learned although you may not know the language of the...

This semester in Oxford has been absolutely amazing! I don’t even know where to begin. I have loved every minute of living in Oxford, from visiting the weekly markets to walking around the parks. I have been blessed with amazing travel opportunities, and during my...

My experience abroad was a truly unforgettable experience. I had the enriching opportunity to venture to Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy, and England all in one amazing 7 week experience. While I was in England, I even had the awesome chance to spend a couple...

This past summer I studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany and traveled to other nearby countries over a period of two months. During this time I experienced a culture that was much different from my own. Besides the obvious language barriers that I encountered, I immersed...

My trip to Germany has taught me much about German culture, but also about teaching ESL children. Teaching in the German schools was a difficult experience! I could hardly communicate with them while teaching the lesson because of the language barrier. The best thing...

“During my time on the streets of New York I was abused, shot, stabbed, raped, kidnapped, trafficked, beaten, addicted to drugs, jailed, and more all before I was 18 years old” (Smith, 2012). This was the brutal reality of eight years of Barba Amaya’s life and,...

Over the corse of the last 7 weeks, I had one of the most unforgettable times of my life. During this time, I had the wonderful opportunity of participating in ACU’s Study Abroad program in Leipzig, Germany. Through this program, I traveled through numerous cities in...

This summer I spent seven weeks in Leipzig, Germany learning through course work and being fully engaged in a foreign culture. I learned how to travel with a group of girls, how to interact with people who don’t speak the same language as me, and how important it is...

This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to study abroad in Oxford, England for a month! It was my first time overseas and it could not have been better! It was amazing to be able to experience another culture. They talk differently, dress differently, and eat...