2015 Summer, May Term

Matt Carter: Post 2

Matt Carter H-SC May Term Abroad Münster, Germany Summer 2015 Hello again! Es tut mir leid (I am sorry) about the wait! It has officially been two weeks in Münster and classes are in full swing! So far the students have been enjoying their classes and the city of Münster. A while ago, some of the students embarked on a day trip to Bremerhaven, Germany where we explored the Auswanderer (Emigration) Museum and the Climate Museum. In the Emigration museum we followed the tales of a German man leaving everything he had behind him in Germany as he embarked on […]

2015 Summer, May Term

Mendoza, Argentina: Excursion

Professor Thornton shares some pictures from the May Term Abroad in Argentina program’s tour to of the Zucardi vineyard.  The students in the Wine Economics class impressed the tour guide with their knowledge! Separating the leaves from the grape clusters:               Creating and Storing the Wine:                         At the Zucardi restaurant:

2015 Summer, May Term

Josh Miller: Post 2

Josh Miller H-SC May Term Abroad Mendoza, Argentina Summer 2015 June 8, 2015 Now having been in Mendoza for a little over two weeks, I have settled into a routine. In the mornings, I eat a traditional Argentine light breakfast of toast, dulce de leche, and coffee. I’m not really a breakfast person so this works well for me. After breakfast, I catch the bus which drops me off near Plaza Independencia, which is only a short walk from the classroom. Class is two hours with a 30 minute break, and then the second two hour class. There is a […]

2015 Summer, May Term

Matt Carter: Post 1

Matt Carter H-SC May Term Abroad Münster, Germany Summer 2015 June 2, 2015 Hallo! Wie gehts es? You might not know what these “foreign” words are/mean, but I am simply asking “How are you?” in German, a common phrase said multiple times throughout the day. So far we have been in Deutschland (Germany) for 5 days and what an eventful 5 days it was! After the grueling 8-8 ½ hour flight from the Dulles Airport to the Frankfurt Airport we hopped aboard a small puddle jumper plane to Düsseldorf where we made our way to the bus and head out […]

Semester

Taylor Anctil (May)

Taylor’s reflections on his time in France. What stereotypes did you have about your study abroad destination? Were those confirmed or negated? My study abroad destination was Aix-en-Provence, France. It is located at the mouth of the Rhone Valley in Southern France and about 35 minutes north of Marseille. My only thoughts and impressions of prior to studying in Aix were based solely on a brief stop-over we had there in the spring of 2011 with my high school. We stopped at the end of the Cours Mirabeau or Rotonde, (as is commonly referred to), and then proceeded to walk […]

2015 Summer, May Term

Josh Miller: Post 1

Josh Miller H-SC May Term Abroad Mendoza, Argentina Summer 2015 May 27, 2015 After traveling for around 24 hours, my fellow Hampden-Sydney students and I arrived in Mendoza Friday morning. The length of the travel time was the least stressful part of the trip though. We arrived at the airport in Richmond ready to set out on the trip of a lifetime. We immediately ran into problems at the check in desk, this was a small portion of the problems we would face. We had been previously informed that the airline would allow us to have two checked backs at […]

2015 Summer, May Term

Mendoza, Argentina

The H-SC May Term Abroad Program arrived safely in Mendoza, Argentina on Friday.  Here are some of the pictures Dr. Thornton has sent.  Thanks, Dr. Thornton! Look for posts soon from our student blogger, Josh Miller!             About to Board the Plane in Richmond             Argentine Steak for Lunch             14 Floors Up             San Martin Monument             Andes View                 Traditional Asado Dinner of Grilled Meats with […]

2015 Spring

Thomas Bourne: Post 7

Thomas Bourne IFSA-Butler Dublin, Ireland Spring 2015 May 4 Now that the semester is over and I have just a few weeks left in Ireland, there are going to be a few things that I will miss a lot. Probably the biggest thing I will miss will be just living here. Yes, it is semi-expensive to live here, but being surrounded with all the history and also the beautiful scenery negates the cost of living. Now if I were studying in Copenhagen, it would be the other way around, Copenhagen is very expensive, and just not nearly as beautiful as […]

2015 Spring

Thomas Bourne: Post 6

Thomas Bourne IFSA-Butler Dublin, Ireland Spring 2015 April 27 So I know that I haven’t really talked much about what the classes are like here at UCD Dublin, but I think it is the right time now. First off, the classes here are much easier than at H-SC. At H-SC we have a paper due every other week it seems and lots of reading to do, but here at UCD Dublin there is none of that. Do not get confused, there are papers that need to be written and books to be read, but not on the same level as […]