Article from The Eagle

I just read this article regarding studying abroad. The writer is currently in London, and I found the article to say everything I can't. It's a great read. Check it out!


Studying Abroad in England


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4 Wheelers in Mykonos

This morning, after getting 12 hours of much needed sleep, Genna and I decided to go exploring. We walked for a total of about 3 minutes before I saw a place that rented vespas, mopeds, motorcycles, and 4 wheelers. I immediately knew that I wanted to rent one.

Apparently, you can drive a 4 wheeler here if you're over the age of 12, and after much convicing I got Genna to agree to get it. It literally cost 10 euros to get it for the entire day. If for some unknown reason, you find yourself in Mykonos, you absolutely HAVE to rent one. I have never been so happy in my entire life.

We have been driving around all day enjoying the scenery in our tank tops and shorts, getting some sun and eating greek food and thanking ourselves for choosing to vacation here. I know that I'll be back, someday, when I'm rich and can afford to vacation here.

After talking to the guy who rented us the 4 wheeler, I decided on what we're doing tomorrow. Apparently the island of Delos is a half hour ferry ride away and we can conquer the island in a few hours so that's what we'll be doing tomorrow. There are supposed to be some great ancient ruins and it'll be a good time and I can say that I went island hopping in Greece. HOW COOL IS THAT???

I don't have the time to post about Rome right now, because we are going to go back out and explore, but I promise I will. The only problem is I think I love Mykonos more than Roma and I would rather go on and on about the cute houses and churches and people on motorcycles and all the fun I'm having here :)

I'll post soon!

Love,

Miriam

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The Longest and Craziest Day of My Life- Mykonos Bound

I was extremely excited to post in my blog and describe everything that has been going on in my life since I left for my epic holiday adventure in Roma and Mykonos. Instead, I want to intertwine the death of an accounting professor at my university, Professor Sue Marcum.

Professor Marcum was the head of the accounting department at American University, and was murdered yesterday in her home. I never had her as a professor and never had the opportunity to have a full conversation with her, but I always respected her. She is a faculty brother of Alpha Kappi Psi, and through my fraternity and my friends in the business school, I came to regard her as the best professor in Kogod and one of the most loved.

In life, there are people that do not play dominant roles in your day to day activities. They are on the sidelines, figures that you come to expect will always be there, that you expect to come in contact with every once in a while. The only times I came in contact with Professor Marcum was when she went to AKPsi events and whens he substituted for one of my professors last semester. Because I am abroad, I am unable to take accounting classes so I will have to take 4 my senior year. In the back of my mind, I always figured I would sign up for her classes because she is such an amazing teacher. To find out that she has not only passed away, but is suspected of being murdered has stunned me and has wrenched my insides. I can't describe how I feel, I just feel a huge loss, an emptiness in the pit of my stomach.

I am in one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been in my entire life. I have a hotel room with a balcony overlooking the beaches of Mykonos, Greece. This morning I was in Rome, had a layover in Athens, and am now in Mykonos. My life is already crazy and unreal and has been changing my perspectives on everything and to have this happen so unexpectedly has left me utterly and completely lost. It has made me realize how short life really is and makes me thankful that I am having these experiences this semester, traveling the world and seeing life outside of the states. I would like to one day impact people the way Professor Marcum has impacted me, and I will always remember her.

A few minutes ago, I was outside on the balcony with Genna and we were talking about the days events, and the passing of Professor Marcum. Through that conversation, I have decided to make a bucket list of everything I would like to do in my life. Genna rambled off a statistic that says the people who write down bucket lists are more likely to achieve their goals. Although some of the list is personal, I would like to share some that I would like to accomplish.

1) Learn another language and be able to effectively communicate with native speakers. I would love to fluently speak Spanish and French.
2) Skydive
3) Own a house in another country
4) Perform or speak in front of at least 1000 people
5) See the 7 Wonders of the World

Tomorrow I will post about my crazy adventures in Rome. To give you a taste:
- I ate gelato twice a day
- I had a traditional Roman dinner in a restaurant with an old friend from Italy, Giacomo
- Rome wasn't built in a day, but Genna and I conquered it in 3
- Got lost in Travastere
- Our hotel was conveniently located close to a prison
- I ate dinner overlooking the Pantheon
- Genna and I got a bus driver who spoke absolutely no English to somehow find our hotel and drive us to the very front of it at night
- Ran into 2 different groups of people from the FIE London program at the Vatican and in Campo Di Fiori.
- Saw the Sistine Chapel

After literally walking around the entire city center of Rome, our plan for Mykonos is to simply enjoy the scenery, wander the streets, and appreciate that we are in one of the most beautiful places on the face of the planet.

Love,

Miriam

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CIAO BELLA!

I am in Roma, and I have a little over 7 minutes left on my internet time so I can briefly write whats been going down. I cant find the apostrophe so forgive my grammar.

We got to Roma at midnight after a 38,975 hour delay at the airport and our taxi driver repeatedly told us our hotel was far. The entire country of France is on strike because the retirement age increased from 62 to 67, so we couldnt use their airspace. Suck it up France. You get 8 weeks of vacation a year. Anyway, our hotel is kind of in the ghetto, but hey, Ive been to Russia so I can handle it. Plus we have a four star hotel room with a jacuzzi bath. Who could ask for more?

Yesterday we literally conquered Rome. We went to the Colloseum, The Trevi Fountain, The Spanish Steps, The 5th Avenue of Roma, and the Piazza Navona. The food is incredible and I am thankful I didnt choose to study here or else I would come home 50 pounds heavier.

The sights are amazing. I mean, Ive seen Rome in the movies so it kind of feels like Ive already been here, but at the same time it really makes me feel like Im in Europe. London doesnt compare to Rome in historial value. Rome literally throws it in your face on every street that it is an ancient city and London is much more modernized.

Today we walked around, got pretty lost and then ended up where we wanted. The streets are adorable and the entire city SCREAMS romance.

Okay I have 60 seconds before I am kicked off of this computer.

I will hopefully post when Im in Greece.

SALUTE! (Cheers in Italian)

Miriam

p.s. I have already taken over 200 pictures and I have only been in Rome 2 days. Get ready for a picture overload when Im back in London!

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Mid-Term Break

Hello All!

I won't be posting as often for the next week because it's midterm break and you know what that means!

I'll be in Rome, Italy and Mykonos, Greece, a gorgeous island off of the main country. I will be in Rome until Tuesday and Mykonos until Saturday. Genna and I will then have a day in Athens and come home Saturday night.

I'll do my best to update you with fun information, but I won't be able to post my pictures until I'm back in London.

Arrivederci!

Miriam

p.s. It's reaching highs of 45 in London here, meanwhile it will be 72 and sunny in Roma tomorrow! I'm so excited!!!

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Hampton Court and Autumn in England

Hello my lovely readers,

I am, once again, stuck in the dungeon of Manson Place waiting for the 2 laundry machines for 1000 people to be free so I can do my loads of laundry before leaving the frigid cold city of London for the sunny and warm cities of Rome and Mykonos. Lucky for you, I have time to tell you about my adventures yesterday.

Anyone who is in the London area for an extended period of time should DEFINITELY go to Hampton Court Palace. It is south of London in a sweet little town and the palace is gorgeous.

The Palace

Although there is a whole lot of history associated with the palace, the main reason I went was to see King Henry VIII's apartments and what the it looked like during his time. I got to sit on his throne, see where he ate his meals, his kitchens, and other various fun facts about his history (although I knew a ton about his life).

Genna, Emily, and I got to wear those very embarrassing headphones with an audio tour, but to be honest the audio tour was very helpful and described the different rooms well.

These are some of my favorite pictures I took

clock in one of the courtyards

in my throne, no big deal.

King Henry VIII's bedroom. Notice the dorky headphones.

In the King's kitchens in front of an actual fire.

 We were really excited about the fire part.

Me, Emily, Genna

Other than the palace, we went to the palace gardens which were really pretty.

The gardens are modeled exactly as to what they 

would have looked like hundreds of years ago. 

Pretty snazzy, eh?

Genna and myself in front of the golden gates of the gardens.

This is the only tree that has shown any sign that autumn has arrived in England. Shocking, considering its already the end of October. There are no pumpkin patches or apple picking fields or, most importantly, ANY pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks.

We did have fun with the fallen leaves though...

Emily and Genna

Alright, that's all for now!

WAIT. EXCEPT...

I got accepted at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia! It is official that I will be living there next semester. I am beyond excited!!!! Although, I'm not very excited for all of the paperwork and forms and whatnot to be able to go to the country. Oh well, I know it'll be worth it.

Cheers!

Miriam

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"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit" - Twelfth Night

Some of you may not know that I love Shakespeare. Freshman year of college I wrote a paper called "The Man Behind the Myth" discussing the heated debate of whether or not Shakespeare was actually the author of all of the beloved plays.

Anyway, for our British Life and Culture class today, we took a field trip to the Globe Theater. It is right next to the Tate Modern Museum and across the Millennium Bridge from St. Paul's Cathedral. I was beyond excited to see the theater even though it is a remodel of the older one, which was up the river a bit before it was destroyed hundreds of years ago.

In front of the stage!

Stage

Some fun facts I learned today:

Shakespeare was absolutely LOADED and so were the actors that worked in his company

I am now convinced that it was actually Shakespeare who wrote all of the plays and sonnets

The Shakespeare actors performed a new play almost everyday and only had the night after the show to memorize their lines, then about 4 hours to practice the play before it was put on the next morning.

The performances were at 2 PM everyday because they had no lighting in the evenings

The globe which now holds around 2000 people comfortably, held 3000 during Shakespeare's time, making it more like a rock concert/mosh pit than a polite theater going experience

The actors had scrolls they read from that only had their lines on it. The scroll was a ROLL of paper, thus creating the term "role" in a show. The only other lines were their queue lines, which were three words and the actors didn't know who's lines they were or how much happened before their next talking part.

Along with the word "role," the phrase "part" in a show came to existence because "parts" create a "whole show"

The audience would put their pence (money) for their tickets in a box at the front of the theater. Where did they keep the box? At the BOX OFFICE, duh.

Overall, it was an amazing tour. Our tour guide was phenomenal and had all of us cracking up. Too bad the season is already over, I would have loved to see a Shakespeare show at the Globe Theater.

On our walk back in front of St. Paul's Cathedral on the Thames River

Other than the excruciating International Trade final I had in the afternoon, today was a wonderful day. Considering I've only gotten 10 hours of sleep in the past two days, I will be sleeping for the next 39 hours. Just kidding, I'm going to Hampton Court tomorrow which is the palace King Henry VIII hung out when he wasn't at the Tower of London.

King Henry VIII Armor

ANOTHER FUN FACT: When Sari and I went to the Tower of London we saw a lot of the armor the old kings and soldiers used to wear. King Henry VIII armor had a HUGE metal bulge in his man-region. We just laughed and said, "of course he would have done that to prove his manliness." Turns out that metal bulge was there because he had Syphilis and his penile region was extremely sensitive, so he had special armor made. It ended up becoming the fashionable armor during his time. Funny stuff.

I will leave you with some good Shakespeare quotes.

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many acts, his acts being seven ages." 

As You Like It

"As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with worlds." 

Two Gentleman of Verona

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear;

Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come" 

Julius Caesar

"Friendship is constant in all other things

Save in the office and affairs of love;

Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;

Let every eye negotiate for itself

And trust no agent." 

Much Ado About Nothing

Cheers!

Miriam

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