“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” -Mark Twain It’s February and those close to me know…
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Mannekin Pis News…
Not long after I published my post about my second Brussels class, I find that an entire article was posted by the Wall Street Journal (as found on Yahoo finance) about the infamous Mannekin Pis statue in Brussels. It really is an interesting article and I’ve attached the link here. It supplements what I wrote…
Second Class (54 Days Until Departure)
I have now come upon the second meeting of my study abroad class in Brussels which occurred on Thursday. That day, I was able to get to know my other classmates and start forming relationships with the students whom I will be spending ten fun filled days with in Belgium. The class started off very…
First Class (61 days until departure)
Last Monday was the official start of the spring 2013 semester and with that came my very first study abroad class. As the semester begins, I always have a few reservations for the classes in which I’m enrolled.What are the people like? How is the prof? Will the class mind if I show up without…
