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
We’re living in the age of itchy feet and bucket lists. My dream has always been to travel to each of the 50 states that comprise the USA. I’m not … Continue reading My Ultimate American Bucket List
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
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
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
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
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
In part one I discussed how, in American households, there is a much greater tendency to arrange a meal into bowls and trays, and have the family serve themselves. This of … Continue reading American Home Cooking Part 2
Yesterday I outlined what I found to be the most jarring differences between studying at college in the USA and the U.K, using The University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and The … Continue reading Dropping Classes & Playing Hookey: My Semester as an Exchange Student
Since I started this memoir series way back in June, I’ve only really covered the social aspects of my student exchange. Today I’d like to discuss the academic differences between studying … Continue reading Studying in the USA vs Studying in the UK Episode 3: Classes
I’ve written several posts in this series on my arrival to the American campus scene, how I made friends, and how I began to assimilate to the American way of … Continue reading Studying in the USA vs Studying in the UK Episode 1: Drinking
For today’s post, I’ve decided to create a list of 10 new experiences that I have enjoyed in my five visits here. Readers of TumbleweedWrites will know from my series … Continue reading 10 New Experiences I’ve Tried in the USA
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