You ate what?

Besides experiencing a new culture or language, one of the most exciting things you will discover while studying abroad is the vast diversity of food found all across the globe. Whether you are devouring three scoops of Gelato in Rome, or attempting to digest Vegemite in Australia for the first time, studying abroad gives you the opportunity to try weird, wacky, fulfilling, or delicious new foods.

So if you are a returnee who is longing for some abroad cuisine or a prospective study abroad student about to embark on the (culinary) experience of a lifetime, here are some international recipes bound to get your mouth watering…

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PickPocket Protection

One of the most common incidents that students encounter while abroad is pick-pocketing. Most often you will not know you have been pick-pocketed until after it’s happened and you reach for your wallet to pay for something. Usually a pick-pocketer does not want to harm you and will perform his/her act quite sneakily. Here are a few tips on protecting yourself against pick-pocketers and what to do if it happens to you!

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