Almost two months into my year as an exchange student at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile, I had the chance to experience the Chilean National Holidays or the Fiestas Patrias. The 18th of September, or El Dieciocho, celebrates the formation of Chile’s first military government and the beginning… read more
Debunking Mexico: 10 Reasons why you should go to Mexico
Mexico. As soon as someone hears that in Texas or elsewhere in the United States they automatically assume that it is a place filled with drug violence and political instability. Granted, the drug violence did reach an all-time high level during the beginning of the troop surge during the years… read more
How to Pack Light
So the semester abroad has ended; you’ve turned in that final essay, that final project. Freedom at last! Meaning that it’s the glorious time to strap your entire closet and two suitcases to your back and start exploring… until you realize that you’d like to travel without breaking your spine.… read more
Buenos Dias Buenos Aires
Horns meet world. World meet Josh Bower. Josh is a transfer student from the University of Texas Arlington currently majoring in Economics and Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures here at UT Austin. This past summer, though, Josh spent his time polishing his Spanish-language skills in South America by… read more
Nguyen in Rome
Horns meet world. World meet Teresa Nguyen. Teresa graduated this past May with a B.S. in Biology from UT and is currently continuing her education at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, but before she ever graduated she participated in the IES: Rome Affiliate Program during the… read more
A Snitch in England
When many people think of England, they immediately think of Harry Potter and it’s iconic sport: Quidditch. I play the real-world version of quidditch at UT so I had already experienced how separated the fast-growing sport has become from it’s original source material. Even so, when I went on a semester… read more
A Big View of a Little Town
Horns meet world. World meet Anuj Bhutani. Anuj spent his 2014 Spring semester in the city of Wuerzburg, Germany studying in the Universitaet Wuerzburg Exchange Program. I was actually lucky enough to meet up with Anuj while we were both studying abroad in Germany and spend some time in his… read more
UT Phone Home
Fortunately, it’s not 1982 anymore and you don’t have to light your glowing finger beacon to communicate with your family and friends while you’re abroad; though, I can’t promise you it won’t feel like another planet. So, here are 5 apps you can use instead of extra terrestrial phalangeal luminescence to… read more
“Hello Japan; Goodbye America!!”
Horns meet world. World meet Chelsie Ybarra. Chelsea was a Japanese major who graduated from UT back in 2011; but, before she graduated, Chelsie studied studied abroad in the IES Affiliate Program in Tokyo, Japan for the Summer of 2010. She was in Tokyo for six weeks total, but read ahead… read more
Deja Food
While I was in Paris, I was on one mission and one mission only: Find a McDonald’s and order a Royal with Cheese (sorry Parisians). For those of you who aren’t familiar with the opening monologue of Tarantino’s 1994 day-in-the-life style, L.A. underground film, a Royal with Cheese is the European… read more
