Cliche alert: People say studying abroad is one of the most life changing things a person can do. Well, this cliche statement became all too true for me over the past week. (Although, I still like to believe I'm the same, simple, small-town Becky) I've seen the most beautiful coasts of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. I've lived in a Spanish home, searched for and rented my own apartment, opened a Spanish bank account and could now navigate public...

Last weekend, I went to Ireland with Jenni and Ben. Rather than write out magnificant prose for you to skim through, I've decided to switch up the format to perhaps make things more interesting. Let's do question and answer: Q: Are you Irish? A: No, but my step-dad and step-sisters are, so that makes me Irish by marriage. Q: Did you really drink that Guinness? A: YES. And to be honest... it tastes much better when you are at the factory. Something about th...

VINO! ...de Porto that is... more commonly know (or to English speakers) as Port Wine. The city is famous for its production of the very sweet wine, known as Port wine. So, went in Portugal (?) do as the Portuguese... (that doesn't work as well, but for humor's sake I'll leave it.) My amigos and I decided to do a winery crawl during our day in Porto. We made it to two... You see, port wine, is thick sweet and much more alcoholic. Needless to say, our stomac...

Well, this is just unfortunate. The aspiring journalist can't even keep up with her own blog! Here I am two trips past Semana Santa, and I haven't even blogged about Egypt yet. Here's a quick update before I back track. I spent this past weekend in Portugal and the previous in Cordoba. (blogs and photos to come) I was accepted into the Magazine Class for next fall, application only and very competitive. (Makes me want to take back my comments about me being an ...

Cinque Terre: (n.) a national park on the northwest coast of Italy; one of the most beautiful and charming places on earth. After a mere four hour "nap" in Milan, we found ourselves on the oldest train in TrenItalia's fleet. Regardless of its age, this train was taking us to our next stop on the most epic spring break of my life. We soon were sitting on the patio of our "hostel" that was actually a little cottage perched on the top of the ...