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2022 Summer, May Term

George Langhammer: Post 1

George A. LanghammerH-SCAlcala de Henares, SpainMay Term Abroad 2022 First Impressions After a bumpy overnight flight, our class arrived in Madrid at 8 am on Wednesday, May 25th. We are studying at the Universidad of Alcala in Alcala de Henares, a city about 45 minutes from the center of Madrid. The city is full of history and was founded in the 1st Century BC by the Romans. We were all immediately struck by how much of the city’s past is preserved through the architecture. However, we did not have too much time to admire everything because we had to meet […]

2022 Summer, May Term

Connor Brooks: Post 1

Connor BrooksH-SCMunster, GermanyMay Term Abroad 2022 We made it! First week in Münster was packed with things to do, faces to learn, and new sights to see. Dr. Johnson took us all over the city on Sunday pointing out all the important landmarks in the city and places we should spend time at. He noted several of the best restaurants and bars that students in previous years found themselves in quite often. He taught us about Münster and how the city tends to run. He added that cars are the least of your worries when walking about the city, the […]

2022 Spring, Academic Year

Franz Gilbert: Post 7

Franz GilbertLondon School of EconomicsLondon, EnglandSpring 2022 Being back since my Spring Break in March has been a crazy past month. Our in-person classes have ended, so that we can prepare for final exams and papers. The London School of Economics basically gives its students weeks off to study for finals in May and June. This has been very refreshing because it has given me ample time to revise and reframe for the papers and finals. Instead of having to balance class and work like we normally must do at Sydney, I have been able to relax and learn the […]

2022 Spring

Pieter Green: Post 2

Pieter William GreenAIFSBuenos Aires, ArgentinaSpring 2022Blog #2Hola todos! Welcome to another installation of my adventures in Argentina. As the majority of you are taking your finals, I am in the middle of completing my midterms at my university here in Buenos Aires. During some of my free time in between exams, I had the opportunity to visit the MALBA, one of my favorite museums in Argentina. The museum stands for “Museo de arte latinoamericano de buenos aires” or the museum of Latin American Art Buenos Aires. The museum focuses on Latin American art from the early 20th century to present […]

2022 Spring

Thomas Kinter: Post 3

Thomas KinterLearn Russian in the European UnionDaugavpils, LatviaSpring 2022 Recently, my friends and I were fortunate enough to visit the neighboring Baltic nation of Lithuania. Lithuania is a country of about three million people on the eastern side of the Baltic Sea. Its capital, Vilnius, is in the eastern part of the country and even closer to Daugavpils than Latvia’s capital, Riga. Together, Latvian and Lithuanian are part of what are known as the Baltic languages which I have come to learn are quite different than the Slavic languages Russian, Belarusian, and Polish that are spoken in the surrounding countries. […]

2022 Spring

Pieter Green: Post 1

Pieter William GreenAIFSBuenos Aires, ArgentinaSpring 2022 ¡Hola Todos! That means “Hello everyone!” My name is Pieter Green, and I am a part of the class of 2023. I am studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina this semester and I am going to be detailing my escapades in the country over the next several weeks. Along with sharing my adventures in Latin America to the H-SC community, I aim to convey a certain theme to my readers that can only be done by living here: I want to share with the brotherhood what it means to live the Latin American Experience. […]

2022 Spring, Academic Year

Franz Gilbert: Post 6

Franz GilbertLondon School of EconomicsLondon, EnglandSpring 2022 Church in PortugalFinally – a trip to enjoy another country! Portugal!One of the reasons I was excited to participate in the Study Abroad program at H-SC was the opportunity to go to other European countries. COVID has wreaked havoc on my plans – until this month. Over the past week, I was able to travel to Portugal for a long weekend. The airfare was really low, so I traveled with three new friends. I visited both Porto and Lisbon. I would highly recommend going to Porto. Most travel brochures take pictures of Porto […]

2022 Spring

Thomas Kinter: Post 2

Thomas KinterLearn Russian in the European UnionDaugavpils, LatviaSpring 2022 February 16, 2022 It has been five weeks now since I got off of the plane in Riga, and I can now write about having gone back to see more of the city than the bridge I crossed over on my way out on that first day. My pre-semester language program recently ended and the other students and I decided to spend the weekend in Riga to see the town that holds a third of this country’s people. The bus-ride took about three and a half hours from Daugavpils to the […]