2015 Summer, May Term

Josh Miller: Post 4

Josh Miller H-SC May Term Abroad Mendoza,  Argentina Summer 2015 June 30th I’ve been home for a few days now. I was surprised how large the shock would be returning to an English speaking community. Many of my classmates and I were still saying “por favor” and “gracias” without thinking. I am somewhat relieved though to be back in the states. I really became close with my second host family. I enjoyed getting to know the kids and grandparents during the weekly asado’s on Sundays. I’ll also miss the family’shyper border collie, Símon. I know that I’ll keep in touch […]

2015 Summer, May Term

Josh Miller: Post 3

Josh Miller H-SC May Term Abroad Mendoza, Argentina Summer 2015 June 30th Now that I’ve been in Mendoza for a little more than three weeks, I feel that I am finally getting into the routine the people follow here. Typically, after classes are over at 1:30, I head home for lunch with the host family. In my new host family, the host parents are often busy at work during lunchtime. I usually eat with the three kids and the housekeeper. It is an interesting family dynamic to get used to but I really enjoy the change from the typical American […]

2015 Summer, May Term

Matt Carter: Post 3

Matt Carter H-SC May Term Abroad Münster, Germany Summer 2015 June 28 Today marks a month since we have been in the beautiful country of Germany. We are now wrapping up the semester with final projects, oral exams, and our final written exams in the coming week. Since my last blog the students have done quite a bit here in Münster. As I mentioned in the last post, some of the students were invited to an Opera at the Münster Theater where we were able to watch a French Opera adapted to the German language. It was a very interesting […]

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 […]