I’ve been many different places the past six months. I’ll begin when I left America in January.
Studying abroad is an experience many students enjoy. As the typical architecture student does, I went to Rome, Italy to study abroad—four months at the American University of Rome, and some of the best times and greatest people I’ve ever met. I was able to discover calcetto (five a side soccer) and explore the city of Rome. The geographical proximity of Europe allowed me to travel inexpensively to countries I’ve never been. During my time there I visited (in no particular order): Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, Dublin, Ireland, Assisi, Pompeii, Palermo, and Venice, Italy, Paris, France. Although I would have liked to travel more, the time I spent in Rome with my friends was priceless.
Rather than going back to America at the end of my time in Rome, I wanted to prolong my time abroad. Although I missed my family and friends, I knew I most likely would not be able to get an internship at an architecture firm (my main goal for this summer) and I was already over here (across the Atlantic Ocean) I figured I’d push my luck and try to get an internship at AMIDEAST in Tunisia. Last year, in the spring after school, I travelled to Turkey and Tunisia with University International Scholars Program (a group fronted by Jim Savoie and Marcella McCoy) with 13 other students and 7 professors. The goal of the program was to encourage us to travel and be open to new experiences. AMIDEAST was one of the places we visited and with help from Jim I was able to successively gain an internship with the English school. So, that’s where I am. I’m in living in Sousse, Tunisia. It’s been two months and I have one more left. So far, it’s been great.
I have left a huge gap of where I started, America in January, and Tunisia in July… I’m working on recalling and updating this large gap. I’ve done a decent job visually documenting everything (as far as the sights) which is edited and shown on sarahall.shutterfly.com.
Studying abroad is an experience many students enjoy. As the typical architecture student does, I went to Rome, Italy to study abroad—four months at the American University of Rome, and some of the best times and greatest people I’ve ever met. I was able to discover calcetto (five a side soccer) and explore the city of Rome. The geographical proximity of Europe allowed me to travel inexpensively to countries I’ve never been. During my time there I visited (in no particular order): Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, Dublin, Ireland, Assisi, Pompeii, Palermo, and Venice, Italy, Paris, France. Although I would have liked to travel more, the time I spent in Rome with my friends was priceless.
Rather than going back to America at the end of my time in Rome, I wanted to prolong my time abroad. Although I missed my family and friends, I knew I most likely would not be able to get an internship at an architecture firm (my main goal for this summer) and I was already over here (across the Atlantic Ocean) I figured I’d push my luck and try to get an internship at AMIDEAST in Tunisia. Last year, in the spring after school, I travelled to Turkey and Tunisia with University International Scholars Program (a group fronted by Jim Savoie and Marcella McCoy) with 13 other students and 7 professors. The goal of the program was to encourage us to travel and be open to new experiences. AMIDEAST was one of the places we visited and with help from Jim I was able to successively gain an internship with the English school. So, that’s where I am. I’m in living in Sousse, Tunisia. It’s been two months and I have one more left. So far, it’s been great.
I have left a huge gap of where I started, America in January, and Tunisia in July… I’m working on recalling and updating this large gap. I’ve done a decent job visually documenting everything (as far as the sights) which is edited and shown on sarahall.shutterfly.com.
