GEO Blog

Hello! My name is Adri Jolie, and I’m a junior studying General Social Sciences and 3 PM,with a minor in Spanish. I chose this program to understand the Spanish language and Mexican culture better, as my goal is to one day work with Latina women in providing necessary reproductive care.…

Hello! My name is Ruby, and I use the pronouns they/them in English and elle inSpanish. I wanted to document my experience as an out and proud trans person livingabroad and also someone who uses the emerging pronoun: “elle.” Many Spanish speakerssimilarly use the pronoun in the same way many…

Now that my time in London has officially ended, I’ve been reflecting on how much happened in what felt like such a short amount of time. Before leaving, I thought this experience would mainly be about gaining professional experience through my internship—but it became so much more than that.Over…

Wow, what a journey! The last week of the program I was really pushing it trying to see and do everything I could in Barcelona. It dawned on me how little time we had left here, and I was sad to leave without trying to have one last hurrah! In the first half of the program, I got carried away…

Hello, Giana here. I have officially been home from Europe for a week! If I am being completely honest, the return was a bit rocky; my checked luggage was overweight from all the trinkets I was planning to bring home. Other than that, the journey home was as smooth as possible. First, I had a two-…

On the last day of my internship, my parents arrived in Stockholm, and I spent the next three days showing them around the city. While I was making an itinerary of what I wanted to show them, I realized how much I had done during the program. This realization was comforting because in the final two…

In general, my time abroad has been going well. I'm realizing it's my first time living in a big city, and the culture has motivated me and inspired my work. It was a bit of an adventure getting here and settling in, and now that we are in a work routine, I'm truly soaking in the experience and my…

Hello! This is Hana again. Since my first week in London, my time abroad has been just as exciting and fulfilling as I hoped. I came here hoping to gain real-world experience in an international business environment, and through my internship at The Edwardian Hotel, I’ve been learning a lot—…

I am now halfway through my program, and I will come home in a few weeks! I’ve honestly seen a lot, such as the palace of Versailles, the Eiffel Tower sparkling at night, and the Arc De Triomphe. I’ve been inside the Louvre, walked around Montmartre, and I even took an hour-long train to Giverny to…

I am halfway through my time in Stockholm, and there is still so much to do! Every week, it seems something new to do or visit pops up, whether through a co-worker recommendation, a bus advertisement, or even an Instagram post. One highlight was culture night, when almost every museum in the city…