1600 Feet Above Namsam
Stepping foot off the train in Myeong-dong, I began searching for Exits 7 or 8. The instructions I looked up the day before said to, “wait there for a free shuttle that will take you to the cable car station”.…
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Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
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Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
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Now or Never: Study Abroad in Cuba
Horns meet world. World meet Megan Nater. Megan is an International Relations major who spent 5 weeks in Cuba on the Cuba in Question Maymester Program. Check out what her study abroad experience was like to see if it is…
Battling Language in Bangkok
I decided to go on a whim and apply for a 6 week internship program in Bangkok, Thailand very last minute. I did not even tell my parents until about one month before I left to go to Asia for…
The Human Effects of the German Reunification
My first experience with eastern Germany was working on a tiny farm in a village called Lebehn. I was on a trip with my German class at the time, and decided to remain in Germany for a year instead of…
5 Things I Wish I Brought to Europe
When I decided to impart on my journey to Barcelona, Spain to study abroad in the Spring I started my research on what I should bring. I thought I had everything I needed and if I didn’t then I would…
How to avoid study a-BORED: get involved!
This week’s pro tip from your favorite team of peer advisors: get involved while you’re abroad! Odds are that at UT, you have several interests and friend groups outside of class… and there’s no reason why you can’t be the…
Cuba: a Newcomer to None, an Art Among Arts
Horns meet world. World meet Omar Gamboa. Omar is an English and Latin American Studies major at UT, and he spent last June abroad on the Cuba in Question Maymester, UT’s first study abroad program in the country since the…
Classes in Copenhagen
Horns meet world. World meet Xochitl Butcher. Xochitl is a Biochemistry major at UT Austin, but she’s spending her 2015 Fall semester in Denmark on the University of Copenhagen exchange program. Luckily for us, Xochitl has been logging her experience on…
Self Discovery in Austria
Horns meet world. World meet Joseph Voss. Joe is a Mechanical Engineering major who went to Vienna on the Introduction to Engineering Design and Graphics Maymester program. He was able to travel around Austria and found himself going through a mode…