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Unusual Summer European Festivals

Posted by Andy Steves on June 10, 2014.

It’s no secret that the festivals happen in Europe between June and August. Whether you’re into dancing until sunrise at Tomorrowland or chasing a wheel of cheese down the hill in the English countryside, these festivals will have you amidst the action all season long.

Stonehenge Summer … More »

Tags: Study Abroad // Spain // Student Travel // 2014 // Summer // Europe // England // festivals // Hungary // Budapest // stonehenge // valencia // WSA Europe // WSA // music // food // Travel /

Graduation and Nearly Not Flying Home

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

The “graduation” reception at the Domus Academy for our two weeks of school felt like a high school dance but with an open bar. The crowd chilled and socialized until word got out to the local gang of mosquitoes that there was plenty of flesh and blood to be had on the terrace in the Nuova … More »

Tags: 2008 // Milan // Study Abroad // Summer // Design // Italy

Derry, Belfast and the Orange Marches

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

I had four days off between my units in London and Milan, and I decided to go back to Dublin. There I met back up with Stephen McPhilemy, and we went up to Belfast for the Orange marches. In Northern Ireland, there’s what’s known as the marching season. It is where all the Protestants get … More »

Tags: Derry // Belfast // Orange Marches // 2008 // Summer // Ireland