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blog 5 Feelings You’ll Have When Your Time Abroad is Halfway Over Your time studying abroad will be full of emotions and will be over before you know it. If you’re considering studying abroad and having some doubts, allow me to tell you about how you might feel once you’re halfway through your time abroad.
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blog Learning to Live Sustainably While Studying Abroad in Finland I’m pretty good about recycling, but even I had something to learn when I arrived in Finland.
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blog Celebrating Holidays Abroad Until my semester abroad, I hadn't celebrated any serious holidays away from my family and friends...and then Easter rolled around. Easter in Finland is celebrated a bit more widely than at my home university. The whole week leading up to Easter Sunday, the University of Jyvaskyla
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blog Eat Like a Local: Finland Edition Before coming to Finland, I had absolutely no idea about the typical Finnish dishes. I was lucky enough to spend the first week with my landlords which gladly welcomed me into their house and had me try their local food.
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blog Auditioning for TedX in Turku, Finland On April 7, I took the stage at SparkUp Turku with a four-page speech about intersectional identity and epigenetics as seen through the metaphor of houses and walls. It was one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever had the pleasure of doing.
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blog Three Reasons to Fall in Love With Turku, Finland Falling in love is scary. You don’t know if it’s the right person. You don’t know if it’s the right timing. You don’t know if you're investing too much or not enough.
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blog Dare to Travel During Study Abroad: Tips on Taking a Road Trip Studying abroad is one of the grandest opportunities a student can have, and it is worthwhile to ensure that the experience is unforgettable. I would encourage exchange students to grab their dreams of traveling by the horns and take advantage of any chance to travel you come across.
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blog Swimming with the Finns My second month in Finland has been just as hectic and action packed as the first. The highlight thus far was going ice swimming with some of my Finnish friends. I told them, "I want to immerse myself in the activities of the natives," and immediately they gave each other a mischievous look.
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