Although I’ve been back in the States for about two months now, I still find myself thinking about study abroad on almost a daily basis. Almost everything reminds me of something from Spain. I talk about my experience in my classes all the time! It is ridiculous how much you can learn about the...
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During our orientation, we had to go to a session where we learned about culture shock - moments when you realize another culture is really different than yours, and you might freak out a little. The examples they gave were pretty tame, such as “In Spain, mullets are popular and do not actually symbolize...