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30 Entries Tagged with "Study Abroad"

Home Sweet Rome

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

I can see the Ancient City in the distance as my plane descends into Rome on this Sunday afternoon. I can’t keep track of all the excited thoughts flying through my head at light speed. What am I going to do? How am I going to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience? I know I am … More »

Tags: Rome // Study Abroad // 2008
The Five-Floor Mega Club

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

The next night I did it all over again, but this time with a pack of Brazilians in a five-story club. The Chileans had to catch a flight to somewhere else early that morning. When you’re traveling, that’s how it is--you meet awesome people that have the potential to be lifelong friends, but … More »

Tags: Prague // 2008 // Study Abroad
Prague, Fine Beer and a Dirty Mustache

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

I came over to Europe a week before school started in Rome. Destination: Prague, the land of cheap beer and absinth and of course, a rich culture. After I picked up my bags at the airport, I headed outside to the bus stop to wait for the 71 express bus. A bus passed by me, and as … More »

Tags: Prague // Study Abroad // 2008
Study Abroad Rome—A Springboard for European Adventure

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

I expected this trip to be different from the others: a semester abroad, based in Rome…on my own. I remember being sad saying goodbye to my mom at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 7th, 2008, and seeing her cry, but other than that, my mind was a blank canvas. I had purposely … More »

Tags: Rome // 2008 // Study Abroad
Studying Abroad and WSA’s Beginnings

Posted by Andy Steves on September 11, 2010.

My to-be Rome friends and I were accepted into the Spring ’08 Rome program in March or April of ’07. From that point, we really just sat on our hands for the following 9 months. There was something on the horizon, an exciting something, but it was too far off, and it was too surreal to give … More »

Tags: Study Abroad // 2008 // Spring // Switzerland // AndySteves.com

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I absolutely loved my WSA experience. I traveled to Rome over Easter Weekend and was able to do so many incredible things while I was there. We stayed at the Yellow Hostel which is kind of far from a lot of things but it was so much better than I was expecting it to be. I would definitely...
Reagan Brown, Southeast Missouri State University ~ Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spring 2016
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