http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/ Most of our spring 2009 study abroad bloggers have completed their studies and are headed home. The good news: Our fall study abroad blog team is packing and will soon be heading to exotic destinations. Stay tuned as they start on their travels. Part of the global village, they're just a few of the more than 40 percent of Bucknell students who spend a portion of their undergraduate careers off campus. More good news: The blog is now over 500 reader comments! Lindsay Baker '11 in Egypt Randy Gowat '10 in Australia Sarah Beckham Hooff '10 in Russia Joe Hopkins '10 in Argentina Genna Jerrard '10 in Italy Stephanie Quinn '10 in Barbados Danielle Renzi '10 in the Czech Republic Corey Schwitz '10 in Argentina and Peru Peggy Shum '10 in Hong Kong en Copyright 2009 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:39:34 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss These four months have gone by so quickly it's unbelievable! I remember coming into my freshman year at Bucknell and thinking "I'm going to Italy junior year; God, I can't wait!" And now all of a sudden it's time to... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/arrivederci_padova_ti_amo.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/arrivederci_padova_ti_amo.html Genna Jerrard '10 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:39:34 -0500 I've been to Sydney Harbor (or Harbour) multiple times since arriving in Australia, but it wasn't until last week that I was able to see Sydney ... BY SEA. The University's Civil Engineering Society set up a harbor cruise for... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/sydney_by_sea.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/sydney_by_sea.html Randy Gowat '10 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:54 -0500 So the USSR hasn't been around for a long time ... but it's still a good song and I gotta make the pun while I can, right!? I've been back in the states for a couple weeks now, trying to... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/back_from_the_ussr.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/back_from_the_ussr.html Beckham Hooff '10 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:57:26 -0500 Four airports later and I slept in my own bed! Being home feels good to the soul. My family, my house, my mom's food, my roads, my car, my dog. Even from the airplane America looked different; green and orderly.... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/home_for_now.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/home_for_now.html Lindsay Baker '11 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:09:02 -0500 Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I've been keeping busy traveling to the far corners of Europe before... well, before I have to return to the States (but we're not going to think about that for another three weeks).... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/buda_obuda_and_pesht.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/06/buda_obuda_and_pesht.html Danielle Renzi '10 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:17:48 -0500 After more than three months of living in a city of 3 to 12 million (depending on who you ask), I've realized that I've more or less kept my sanity intact due to some key reasons. When I've holed myself... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/surviving_abroad_part_1theloni.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/surviving_abroad_part_1theloni.html Joe Hopkins '10 Sun, 31 May 2009 13:18:12 -0500 I feel almost as though I'm stabbing Cairo in the back. After all, this city has been my home for almost five months. In that time, I've grown and learned and appreciated every phenomenal opportunity. However, there is a negative... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/cairo_cynicism.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/cairo_cynicism.html Lindsay Baker '11 Tue, 26 May 2009 06:09:23 -0500 I definitely could not have chosen a better destination for the end of the semester - what better place for a final group trip than Barcelona!? To be honest, I really hadn't heard much about the city before coming abroad,... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/gaudi_tapas_barcelona_the_fina.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/gaudi_tapas_barcelona_the_fina.html Genna Jerrard '10 Thu, 21 May 2009 09:27:01 -0500 Having explored nearly every region of Peru - the jungle, the desert and the mountains - I decided to spend my last weekend here discovering the northern coast. On the last of my many excursions around this beautiful country, my... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/ruinhopping_and_beachbummin.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/ruinhopping_and_beachbummin.html Corey Schwitz '10 Wed, 20 May 2009 01:05:33 -0500 I'm home! Getting home was a little bit more of an adventure than I expected since my flight from JFK to Reagan National Airport was canceled due to thick fog and impending rain. My fellow Bucknellian in Barbados, Whitney, and... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/mystic_mountains_in_progress.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/mystic_mountains_in_progress.html Stephanie Quinn '10 Fri, 15 May 2009 10:40:57 -0500 Needless to say, there's still a bit of tension between Europe and the New World. Europe fails to recognize the fact the Americas have taken over the world. So in order to settle the score, I organized a small competition.... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/the_epic_battle_of_europe_vs_t.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/the_epic_battle_of_europe_vs_t.html Danielle Renzi '10 Fri, 15 May 2009 02:48:24 -0500 As my time in Peru is dwindling down, I have decided that I could not return to the United States without giving back to my faithful blog followers. Therefore, I have decided to create a short survey to receive feedback... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/win_a_trip_to_peru.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/win_a_trip_to_peru.html Corey Schwitz '10 Thu, 14 May 2009 20:16:40 -0500 The second half of our Blue Mountains trip involved learning more about the history of the area and about the Aboriginal people of Australia. On the way to meet our soon-to-be-new friend Goomblar, Cam took us to see some Aboriginal... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/blue_mountains_part_2_two_thin.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/blue_mountains_part_2_two_thin.html Randy Gowat '10 Wed, 13 May 2009 22:04:25 -0500 I am dearly sorry for the uncreative and cliche title. I had no other option. Two weekends ago, my friends and I were planning on flying into Iquitos, a city in the Peruvian Amazon and our launching point for our... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/welcome_to_the_jungle.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/welcome_to_the_jungle.html Corey Schwitz '10 Wed, 13 May 2009 19:53:24 -0500 I don't think that I'll go to hell, but if I do, I'm fairly certain that it would be eerily similar to the Tres Cruces bus station in Montevideo, Uruguay. The trips to and from Uruguay during Semana Santa were... http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/of_micros_and_mennonites_2.html http://blogs-archive.bucknell.edu/studyabroad/2009/05/of_micros_and_mennonites_2.html Joe Hopkins '10 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:36:36 -0500