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Michaela’s blog: Valparaíso, Chile

Published on October 15, 2013August 16, 2018 by DU AbroadLeave a comment

Michaela Diamond is studying abroad with IFSA Butler in Valparaíso, Chile.

Here is an excerpt from her most recent blog post:

“Honestly, 24-hour bus rides are not as bad as I thought they would be. When you are a college student traveling the world, buses are actually your best friend because 1) they are cheap, 2) you can travel through the night and therefore save the cost of one night in a hostel, 3) if the trip is short enough you can travel exclusively by night and thereby avoid wasting a precious day on travel, 4) you get to see endless landscapes at no additional cost, and 5) you are more motivated to finish that awful book your lit teacher assigned you over your break because there is quite literally nothing else to do.”

Follow Michaela here: http://runningtowardthefinish.blogspot.com/

Jill’s blog: Dunedin, New Zealand

Published on August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 by DU Abroad1 Comment

Jill is blogging from Dunedin, New Zealand this fall semester.

Jill Hamilton

Southern hemisphere programs like Jill’s at The University of Otago in New Zealand started in July and Jill has been having one adventure after another!

In one of her posts she writes; “Last weekend I went on my first trip to the Southern Alps – New Zealand’s South Island mountain range. True to its name, this region may have been taken straight out of Switzerland– picture the Matterhorn (real life or Disneyland version, for you Californians) – and it’s a very accurate comparison.”

Follow Jill here: http://notesfromnz.wordpress.com/