Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
Hi everyone! My name is Aaryana Sharma, and I’m a rising senior majoring in psychology. I’m taking the course “Developmental Disorders” in Copenhagen, Denmark through the DIS affiliate program. Today, I’m going to walk you all through a day in…
It’s inevitable, every new beginning must come to an end. Now, as our program comes to an end, I want to use this blog as an opportunity to reflect on the second half of this experience and the overall insights…
When squinting against the warm springtime sun of London (rare, I know, but we must have brought the Texas weather), it’s easy to place myself right back into Austin. With their language just slightly deviating from our familiar lilt, at…
After being stuck in the Shanghai airport for 14 hours, I finally arrived in Osaka. It’s a nice city, but this is not my destination; mine is Kyoto. A quick 90-minute drive later, I was there — a place I…
A Song, A Walk, A Memory One evening, after wrapping up a lively Spanish club meeting, I was walking back to my dorm when a familiar song started playing through my headphones: “EVERYTHING” by The Black Skirts. I first discovered…
Graduation marks the beginning of a new chapter filled with possibilities. For students at The University of Texas at Austin who have an insatiable desire to explore the world (or feel they missed out on studying abroad during their undergraduate…
Arriving in Freiburg Nine hours after leaving the United States, I touched down at Frankfurt Airport early on a Monday morning. From there, I hopped on a two-hour train down south to Freiburg, the small city nestled in the Black…
When people think of Tokyo, they often picture large skyscrapers, big flashing lights and Shibuya Crossing. However, there is more to the biggest city in the world besides its urban center. Did you know it’s only an hour-long train ride…
Since arriving in Japan, everything seems new and different. I never thought I would find myself living and studying a language in a country on the other side of the world. Getting off the plane, I immediately realized that even…