I can’t believe these four months of pure bliss are actually over. As I sit here in the Sydney International Airport awaiting my flight back to the states, I realize…

Wait, only 9 days left here in Australia? How did that happen? Seems like only yesterday I was boarding my plane in Toronto and making my way to this beautiful…

​“Did you make a happy end?” ​“A happy what?” I was jolted out of my reverie by an older gentleman standing next to my table in a cafe, smiling inquisitively…

I have been nothing but busy since I’ve been here in Australia. Taking trips, schoolwork, visiting the beach, and traveling all around the Gold Coast has been keeping me going…

Confession time: I’m constantly using Google Translate to look up Spanish words. Like— I kid you not— constantly. When I’m talking with my host family and I get stuck on a…

“What do you think of us Spanish?” one of the teenage students asked me in his tentative English. I was sitting in my first class at the International Immersion Institute…

Three artists use their foundational drawing skills to render breathtaking images in Foundation Drawing on view in the Weeks Gallery through spring break. Minneapolis-based artist Melissa Cooke offers a trifecta…

My first month here has been nothing but fun and adventure. I arrived here in the sunny Gold Coast on January 8. I got settled into my apartment complex, Varsity…

Three months have come and gone; after being home in America almost two weeks, I am sad to say I wish I could spend a little more time with my…

Let me start off by saying that I am completely under-qualified for posting a blog about traveling in Europe. What I do think I am capable of is writing about…