Tag: Germany

Culture Shock and Overcoming Barriers

By: James Cunningham, University of the Fraser Valley, winner of the Spring 2024 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Austria & Germany I am currently just over halfway

Post-Travel Blues and Beautiful Memories

By: Georgia Neil Joy Rodgers, North Island College, winner of the spring 2020 BC Study Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Germany The ending to my study abroad was not the

Exploring and Making Friends

By: Georgia Neil Joy Rodgers, North Island College, winner of the spring 2020 BC Study Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Germany I had always heard how inexpensive it is to

Congrats to Georgia from NIC!

Georgia Rodgers​, North Island College​, winner of the spring 2020 BC Study Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Heidelberg, Germany The born and raised Vancouver Islander, Georgia Rodgers, is in her third year

It’s not better or worse, just different; traveling with an open mind

By: Michelle Davies, Thompson Rivers University, winner of the BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Germany​ Before leaving from Canada for Belgium in 2013, as an exchange student, I

Back to BC: Same City, New Person

By: Lenelle Jordan Kutzner, University of Victoria, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Life after study abroad; it’s almost as confusing as while you’re away. I find when

On route to Germany and after thoughts on Paris

By: Alice (Ruo Ran) Wang, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. I am sitting on the train heading to a small town in Germany called Kassel.

A Canadian in a German World

By: Lenelle Jordan Kutzner, University of Victoria, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Well, here I am; two more sleeps and I’m off to Europe for the first

Reverse Culture Shock

After seeing eight countries and eighteen different cities, I am finally back in Vancouver. I was quite sad to say goodbye to my apartment, friends, and my favorite city, Berlin. It was definitely a

Dream it, believe it … because it’ll happen

Today I finished the last exam of my study abroad semester. I have three more weeks in the lovely city of Berlin and I can’t help but have all types