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I’ll cut straight to the point: I love an English breakfast. You can scream, cry and gnash your teeth at me for being a beans-on-toast apologist. Hush, now — I’ll just eat it for you. Pass it over. During my semester studying in England, I had the opportunity to become acquainted with a variety of…
Before exploring London for the first time, I undertook the same research most any tourist might. Social cues, money tips, where to go and what to avoid at all costs. Of course, such a tourist can never account for the things that remain unseen until arrival. While I thought I had done my reading, I…
If your first time leaving your home country was for a study abroad program, you likely heard warnings of something called ‘reverse culture shock’ waiting for you upon your return. Don’t be fooled into thinking it won’t happen to you. Reverse culture shock will sneak up before you even know it’s coming. My first time…
Across seas and even centuries, there are similarities. In the American midwest, we’ve got our porches, rocking chairs, bug screens and mugs. Ten minutes outside of Grantham, England, sits a Victorian manor. But, sitting on its steps at sunset on a school night, the foreign sense of grandeur becomes comfortable. Soon, I’m no longer out…