By: Erin Feeney, CAS ’20 Erin (left) and her brother in Dublin, Ireland Semester Abroad Trinity College Dublin When I began my studies at Penn as a freshman in 2016, studying abroad was never part of my four-year plan. I did find the idea of such an experience appealing. However, as a member of the…
By: Shaila Lothe, CAS ’22 Social Impact in Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina Before my internship in Buenos Aires, I was dreading the idea of eating dinner every day at 9 PM. As someone who normally eats around 6 or 7 PM, I wondered how Argentines went from lunch at 2 PM to dinner…
By: Bilaal Azeer, CAS ’22 Bilaal by the Bahai Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India PGS – The City of Delhi: New, Old, and Unmapped Travel to India Through the overwhelming hustle and bustle, I felt the incessant horns take over with their blasting volume, overshadowing the sound of the bus engine running. My troubles were…
By: Michaela Tranfield, King’s College London Michaela (left) and a fellow exchange student in Center City Philadelphia Looking back to May 2018, just over a year ago at the time of writing this post, I had just submitted my study abroad application. I remember feeling as though an opportunity I had wanted for so long…
By: Ailbhe Yasmin Wallis, CAS ’21 PGS – Case Studies in Environmental Sustainability Travel to Iceland As an avid hiker, aspiring nature photographer, and now a rising senior in the Earth Science major, I have always considered myself to be an outdoorsy type. When I was accepted to Penn two years ago, I was an idealistic…
By: Rebecca Zaynidinova, CAS ’21 Rebecca (left) with housemates in Seoul, South Korea Rebecca Zaynidinova is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram. Semester Abroad Yonsei…
By: Shaila Lothe, CAS ’22 Social Impact in Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina In my time in Buenos Aires, I have started making myself at home. I’ve fallen into familiar routines. For example, each workday around 1 PM, I start making my way to my favorite lunch place. A few blocks away, the owner…
By: Carolyn Chow, CAS ’20 World Medical Association – Ferney-Voltaire, France Besides watches and chocolate, Geneva is reputed for essentially bringing the world together. It’s the location of the second-largest United Nations office in the world, the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, CERN, and scores of other international organizations. There is…
By: Felicia Chen, Nursing ’22 Felicia (center) at her internship in Vietnam Friends for Street Children – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam If I could describe Vietnam in one word it would be: flexible. The flexibility of calling motorbikes through three different transportation services and swiveling through the obstructed maze-like roads– unregulated, unquestioned. The flexibility…
By: Keren Stearns, CAS ’21 Keren Stearns is one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, writing and sharing her experience abroad during the Fall 2019 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their student takeovers on the @pennabroad Instagram beginning September 23, 2019. Semester Abroad CIEE Cape Town, South Africa: Arts…