by Emily Albertell One of my favorite ways to experience a country is hanging out with locals in their own setting; after finding a farmstay in Vietnam, I grew very close with the family and am even […]

What I Know Now: I met Bri on a Sunday afternoon in an area of Madrid to which I had never been called Tirso de Madrid. I was excited to meet her because I have followed her on social media but had […]

by Ellen Hietsch Year one in Madrid was transformative to my life abroad and in ways, I couldn’t have imagined. One of the activities I could do consistently throughout the year was to journal […]

My Adventure to Europe My name is Sara. I’m 23 years old and I’ve just recently graduated from college. I’ve lived in the rural Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan my entire life. It’s an area […]

by Leesa Truesdell “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou Teaching […]