Hello again! Can you keep track of where I've been in the world this week? : ) As some of you may remember, I am interning for the IndyFringe theatre festival here this summer. Last weekend, my coworker Justin and I went on a "work" trip to check out the Toronto Fringe and see how they...
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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You all know that I love living in Spain, and that being here has inspired me to declare my double major. Still, my first love – and my first major – is English Literature. Luckily, I was able to ditch Spanish class for a few days and head off to the land of Shakespeare, Dickens and Jane...
I hate to flake out on you guys without a "real" post this week, but it is already 1:30 am in Spain, I am leaving for England TOMORROW... and I haven't even started packing. Typical Christina. I actually did have intentions to plan this trip ahead of time. I was going to go in three weeks...
Well, friends, it’s that time of year again… midterms! I believe that Butler had them last week (during Homecoming? bad planning) but here in Spain, I have them tomorrow and Thursday. Midterms always stress me out more than anything else… it is the time of year when I am most likely to stay up late into...
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Dearest readers, before we go on any further, I’m going to have to make a confession to you: I am a huge English major nerd. Last year, I took a Jane Austen seminar class, and I spent the entire fall trying to convince my classmates to come with me and do our reading in the English gardens across the...
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