As I’m getting acclimated to a new city in a foreign country, I’ve noticed that there are a lot of similarities between living in Barcelona and America. I have also noticed, however, many differences between the two places. Below I’ve listed what I think are some of where Barcelona draws… read more
Summer Program
Santander Won my Heart
My name is Lisa and I’m an incoming sophomore studying biochemistry. My time in Santander is coming to an end, and I honestly only have beautiful things to say about this experience. I remember first applying for this program being very dubious as to what to expect. I have never… read more
Enjoy Being Abroad At Your Own Pace
When studying abroad in Spain, people usually expect to hear Barcelona or Madrid. For me however, it was Santander. Santander is the capital of Cantabria and is on the northern shore of Spain. When I first arrived, I was taken away by its beauty and climate. However, despite how much… read more
A Lesson Learned on a Business Trip – Beijing Style
Hello again! If you have not read my previous blog, then let me give a brief introduction to who I am and what I do. My name is Valerie Barboza and I am an upcoming third-year mathematics major in Shanghai, China for an internship. My internship for the first four… read more
Finding my Soul in Seoul
Horns meet World. World meet Jessica Chen. Jessica studied abroad the summer before her senior year, and is majoring in Public Health. Although she wasn’t gone very long, her experience was one to remember. Here is what she has to say about it. My glasses fogged as I peered into… read more
A Global Perspective In Chelsea
Horns meet World. World meet Monica Gupta. Monica is a 4th year Public Health and Nursing major here at UT Austin. She studied abroad her freshman year summer through the London Internship Program. Here is what she has to say about her experience. Living in one of the biggest and… read more
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 summer. I had studied abroad before for six months… read more
Traveling is Not Just Seeing but Experiencing!
This is your first time abroad. You want to see everything, as in all of it. This was the mentality that I had when I studied abroad for the first time in London. There was so much to see in Europe, and I wanted to see everything! I am not… read more
Guatemala or Guatebuena?
Horns meet World. World meet Natalie. Natalie is a religious studies major here at UT, and studied abroad summer of 2015 in Antigua, Guatemala. In the post below she write about her experience studying the effects of NGOs while becoming better at Spanish. Over the summer I studied abroad through… read more
Tschüss, Texas!
Horns meet World. World meet Arianna. Arianna Fritz. Arianna is an international relations and global studies major here at UT, and she spent the summer of 2015 abroad at Europa-Universitaet Viadrina Frankfurt in Germany. It’s been a year since I felt the rush of talking to people at the study abroad… read more