Stories, photos, and experiences from UMass Boston study abroad alumni.
View from the walls of the Old City of Akko The real count, to when I actually left Israel is from September 22, 2019 to March 17, 2020. That totals 177 days, or 25 weeks and 2 days. Which means that I’ve been back in the United States for 81 days, or 11 weeks and... Continue Reading →
A lot has happened since the last time I did one of these. Unfortunately, in all the craziness, I did not have time to take more pictures of Israel before I left, so instead I’m giving you all the pictures I took of the cats I named while there. Toenail, Yayin, Jellybean, and Rugelach As... Continue Reading →
Before ever going to South Korea I made a lot of plans. I knew I wanted to get a lot of tattoos and my eyebrows microbladed. I’ve been following artists on Instagram for years and I finally got the opportunity to be in the same country as them. Being in quarantine I had nothing to... Continue Reading →
By: Justyn Santiago Photo of the NOVA SBE Campus in Lisbon, Portugal at sunset. My first two weeks in Lisbon have been blessings on blessings. I honestly just feel grateful to have landed safely and have a roof over my head. My first week of classes was surprisingly a little difficult for me because I... Continue Reading →
Well! Things can certainly change very quickly! Thursday, the 12th of March, was a day like any other. I was going to my classes, meeting with a teacher, panicking a little quietly about the upcoming assignments that needed to be done...when I got an email from U-Mass Boston at 1 PM. Now, I had nothing... Continue Reading →
It's been over a month since I have left the US. So many things have happened and many changes. Let’s start from the beginning on 2/21 I got on my flight from Boston to Hong Kong. I had an 8-hour layover in Hong Kong and here I am to tell the story. They checked my... Continue Reading →
By: Falianne Forges The day we went to a Weimar, we walked through the World Heritage site that was established there. When I say, “we all,” I mean the class of students in the Culture Module. On the site there was a river surrounded by a great deal of stone which was close to the university ground... Continue Reading →
By: Falianne Forges Hi all! It was bittersweet to be leaving Kassel. I had my German language exam and my Culture Module exam. They were interesting. On the bright side, we found out the day after we took German that everyone passed. Our professors graded the first exams fairy quickly. On the flip side I took... Continue Reading →
By: Abraham Kaplan The start of a new semester. It’s not when I’m used to starting semesters, but I have just finished the second week of my sixth semester in college. My new Hebrew class is starting exactly where the last one left off, and it’s making me glad I studied over the break. That’s... Continue Reading →
By: Regina Ledwell About a month ago I went up to Halifax. It’s about three hours on the bus, and I was sitting there, wondering why the experience was so familiar when I realized that it’s because back home, I travel up to Boston for school on a bus, and the journey is about the... Continue Reading →
