Io non parlo italiano…

Next Destination: Italy! So, to start this blog off we are going to throw it back to four years ago, when baby, 16-year-old Becca still had long, luscious hair and lived in Norway on her year as an exchange student. Now in that year, Rebecca made many friends, both Norwegian and international. Now one of …

Normandie et Bretagne

A word to summarize my time in this part of France: RAIN. This trip was organized through our program as well, and all 11 of us (well, 10 because one of the girls from our group was sick) went on the double decker bus with How to Be Erasmus Paris to Normandie and Bretagne. We …

Get Outta Town!

I'm back. I know you missed me. Now it is time to catch up... Vacance ! Hey-o ! So, back in the last week of October/first week of November, we had a week long break from university. So with those 10 days (the week including the weekends I’m not crazy I know a week is …

Châteaux on Châteaux on Châteaux

Loire Valley ! The amount of beauty and history that fills the country of France astounds me, and I still have only seen a fraction of it.. One Saturday morning we all woke up bright and early and met at a bus that was going to take us to the châteaux! It was an organized …

Paris Until Now

Well, we are nearly a month into another experience of a lifetime. This time, you will find me making my way around the city of Paris, France. So far, everything has been amazing and Paris has been everything I have expected and more. When I was younger I was the girl that would mimic the …

Tres fatiguee..

Bonjour! So I have been on the gorgeous island of Martinique for 2 entire weeks now (and yes I suck at updating my blog in a timely manner). It is a breathtaking place, but this is an exhausting trip. Tres fatigue (which should have a couple of accent marks that I couldn't figure out how …

Costa Rica – Irazu and Ujarras

Last Sunday (January 11th) the group of us took a trip to Volcan Irazu (Irazu Volcano), La Basilica (a beautiful church in Cartago, Costa Rica), Ruinas de Ujarras (the ruins at Ujarras) and we had a buffet lunch at a beautiful location over looking a lake. We got to the school at 07:45 for a …

Costa Rica – San Jose

So, I have been in Costa Rica for about a week and a half now and I have loved every minute of it. I am here with a group of about 20 students from the University of Delaware. The culture is definitely different from the US and from Norway. It was something to get used …