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By Michael J. Vowles Posted on April 10, 2018June 10, 2020

My Study Abroad Overview: Nothing Gold Can Stay

My last exam at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire was held at noon on Friday, December 21st 2012, the day before I flew back to London. Even though I … Continue reading My Study Abroad Overview: Nothing Gold Can Stay

Categories: Books, Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, College, Life, Mental Health, Poetry, Travel, Writing
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on April 9, 2018June 10, 2020

My Study Abroad Overview: Every Barb, Zinger, & Burn Thrown My Way

Considering the last post might very well be construed as negative, I thought I’d do something a little more light-hearted today. I thought it might be of interest to you … Continue reading My Study Abroad Overview: Every Barb, Zinger, & Burn Thrown My Way

Categories: Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, College, Study Abroad, Travel, USA
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on April 8, 2018June 10, 2020

My Study Abroad Overview: The Roads Not Taken

I’ve always been the kind of person that, whenever I commit to a path, am irresistibly drawn to imagining myself taking the other option. The road not taken. My student … Continue reading My Study Abroad Overview: The Roads Not Taken

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, Anxiety, College, Mental Health, Travel
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on April 2, 2018June 10, 2020

My Study Abroad Overview: The Road Trip of Dreams

As I discussed in my last post, my 2012 student exchange to Eau Claire, WI in the USA fell short of being this magical voyage of gilded memories. Like most … Continue reading My Study Abroad Overview: The Road Trip of Dreams

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, College, Personal, Road trip, Study Abroad, Travel
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on March 31, 2018June 10, 2020

My Study Abroad Overview: The Indian Summer

I can remember the first few weeks of my semester abroad as having a particular feeling. I think September is the best time to be on an American campus. It’s … Continue reading My Study Abroad Overview: The Indian Summer

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, Anxiety, College, Life, Personal, Travel
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on February 5, 2018June 10, 2020

The Taste of My Study Abroad

Peanut butter is one of those things I’ll always associate with a particular time and place. We have peanut butter in the U.K but it’s not overly popular. In the … Continue reading The Taste of My Study Abroad

Categories: Food, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, College, Food, Travel, USA, Wisconsin
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on January 31, 2018June 10, 2020

Dressing the Part

When I entered the USA for the first time, I was very much intent on absorbing as much as I could from the local culture. In some ways I arrived … Continue reading Dressing the Part

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: America, Anxiety, College, Fashion, Travel
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on January 17, 2018June 13, 2020

The Dark Side of Eau Claire

As I continue my study abroad series of personal essays, I’d like to pen a short post about the city of Eau Claire itself. So far I’ve covered culture shock, … Continue reading The Dark Side of Eau Claire

Categories: Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: College, Horror, Travel, Wisconsin
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on November 28, 2017June 11, 2020

That Time I Saw Bill Clinton In A Parking Garage

In the last post in this series I wrote about the kinds of opportunities on offer at an American campus. When I studied at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire my … Continue reading That Time I Saw Bill Clinton In A Parking Garage

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: Bill Clinton, College, Personal, Travel, USA, Wisconsin
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on November 24, 2017June 11, 2020

That Time I Saw Joe Biden Speak On Campus

During my student exchange at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire it seemed to me that an American campus offered no end of opportunities. Everything was more. We had more … Continue reading That Time I Saw Joe Biden Speak On Campus

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: College, Election, Joe Biden, Politics, Social Anxiety, Travel, USA
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on November 21, 2017June 10, 2020

Living on an American Campus During the 2012 Election

One of the things I haven’t covered yet- a detail that made my semester abroad that much more colorful- was that I was in the USA during election year. Tensions … Continue reading Living on an American Campus During the 2012 Election

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: College, Politics, Travel, USA
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on November 20, 2017June 10, 2020

Making More Friends in the USA

I’ve written in previous episodes of this series how I made friends with an Aaron Rodgers lookalike and his Malaysian roommate, and having finally found a friendship group of my own, … Continue reading Making More Friends in the USA

Categories: Personal, Study Abroad 2012, TravelTags: College, Friendship, Social Anxiety, Travel, USA

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