Adventures Down Under
After landing and getting settled in here in Sydney, I quickly started to realize how amazing this city really is. For the first few days, I didn’t even have a permanent place to live. I stayed a few...
View ArticleFirst Impressions of Sydney
By: Sam Freedman, Foster Undergraduate Let’s see, I’ve been in Australia for about a month and I still haven’t written my first blog post, so this one is going to be very long and comprehensive to make...
View ArticleSpring Break
By: Sam Freedman, Foster Undergraduate I’ve been planning on writing a bit about my spring break trip for the last few weeks now. I just finally got a break from schoolwork so I figured I’d give it a...
View ArticleMelbourne is a MUST!
Degraves Street While Sydney is a beautiful city with loads of sights, shopping and shows, a trip to Melbourne is a MUST. Book a flight with Tiger Airways (super cheap round trip tickets) and stay at a...
View ArticleIts Pronounced “Zed” not “Zee”: NZ
By: Jasmine Reliford, Foster Undergraduate While I am all for quarters over semesters, the one great thing is the mid-semester break. While some stayed in Sydney and others visited the Gold Coast, I...
View ArticleSpring Break in Australia!
By: Graham Brew, Foster Undergraduate One benefit about spending August through December in the Southern Hemisphere is getting a second spring and a second summer. And with a second spring, comes a...
View ArticleReturning to the States – Reverse Culture Shock
By: Jasmine Reliford, Foster Undergraudate As finals came to an end in Australia, I decided to do all the things that I had not yet done but said I would; everything from visiting the Blue Mountains...
View ArticleChapter One: Arrival
Written by Evan Rumpza, Foster undergraduate It was 75 degrees on the plane – the sky was grey. I left Seattle with one large dark green suitcase, a light green 48-liter backpack and a grey schoolbag....
View ArticleChapter 2: Removal
Written by Evan Rumpza, Foster undergraduate Let’s recap how we got here. 4:30AM, wake up. Deposit 1,000 Baht into my pocket. Leave passport and any other form of ID, lest we get caught. 4:45AM, get...
View ArticleI’m Actually in Australia
Written by Amy Shin, Foster undergraduate I really had no idea what Sydney would be like. I might have imagined kangaroos to be hopping around the streets, a scene out of Mary-Kate and Ashley’s 2000...
View ArticleApt 3, 11-21 Rose Street
Written by Amy Shin, Foster undergraduate New country, new school, new everything. Of all the new things that were undeniably about to enter my life, I was most anxious about was the people I was going...
View ArticleThe Last Hoorah
Written by Amy Shin, Foster undergraduate With just under three weeks left in the land down under, a couple of crazy kids decided to venture even further south to Melbourne and drive the Great Ocean...
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