{"id":2853,"date":"2017-03-15T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2017-03-14T17:07:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T21:07:51","slug":"alex-your-token-ca-abroad-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/03\/15\/alex-your-token-ca-abroad-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex: Your Token CA Abroad Blog Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello from across the pond!!<\/p>\n

So I know the abroad blog post is definitely not a new concept. But after trying for an hour to come up with any <\/em>topic other than study abroad, I realized it\u2019s the inevitable subject for Abroad CA\u2019s for a reason\u2014because BU\u2019s study abroad programs really are that great! I\u2019ve only been in London for about a month, but I\u2019ve already found that choosing to study abroad was the best decision I could have ever made.<\/p>\n

Before I left for London in January, I found myself in a really weird emotional rut. I wasn\u2019t enjoying Boston like I had in past semesters and found it hard to appreciate the city I used to love so much. I think I had only felt homesick once in my first two years at BU, and even then that only lasted for, like, 20 minutes so I knew that something was up. Because I was feeling so funky in my post-sophomore slump, I started to get really nervous that moving to an entirely different continent would be a bad move.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I was so, so wrong.<\/p>\n

The BU dorms are located in South Kensington, one of the most beautiful neighborhoods I have ever set foot in. Seriously, the housing here can even put Brookline to shame. I live in Sorbonne House and have the most incredible view of the Natural History Museum right outside my dorm window! There are so many cute cafes and coffee shops in the area too that make South Ken so easy and fun to explore. I\u2019ll be honest– the first couple of days were a little overwhelming but soon enough I was taking the tube and wandering the city with complete ease.<\/p>\n

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(These apartments are just across the street from my dorm!)<\/p>\n

The classes in the London Program have been unlike most of my classes back in Boston. The classes run for four hours twice a week, which was a little terrifying at first since I can barely get through a three-hour class in Boston. I\u2019ve actually looked forward to going to my classes in London though! I\u2019ve been on weekly field trips to museums throughout London for my art history class and even got to visit Cadbury World for my PR class (We got free chocolate bars!). The professors here have been so invested in our learning and make sure that we take as much as we can out of the class.<\/p>\n

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(The Wallace Collection, one of the museums I visited for my art history class)<\/p>\n

One of my favorite parts of being abroad is how easy it is to travel. In the UK, I\u2019ve visited Bath and Windsor Castle, which were absolutely beautiful. I just got back from a trip to Portugal this past weekend and fell in love with the beautiful architecture and friendly Portuguese people. I\u2019ve already booked trips to Italy, Iceland, and Dublin and I can\u2019t wait to visit so many other places and learn from these different cultures.<\/p>\n

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(Sintra in Portugal is hands down one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited!)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been able to do so much during my month abroad and I still have so much time left! Even though I was so nervous about leaving for London, I am so happy that I did. If you\u2019re still deciding whether or not to apply to or accept a Study Abroad program, I highly recommend that you do! A massive location change may seem intimidating, but sometimes it can be the perfect remedy to finding out more about yourself and the world around us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello from across the pond!! So I know the abroad blog post is definitely not a new concept. But after trying for an hour to come up with any topic other than study abroad, I realized it\u2019s the inevitable subject for Abroad CA\u2019s for a reason\u2014because BU\u2019s study abroad programs really are that great! I\u2019ve … Continue reading Alex: Your Token CA Abroad Blog Post<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44423],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2857,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}