Day: May 16, 2012

A Family Affair in Dublin, Ireland

Auburn students with tall leprechaun - presumably a costume - in Ireland

While visiting Auburn during my senior year of high school, I can recall my sister, Katie, calling and informing me that during my sophomore year of college we would be traveling together to Dublin, Ireland to study abroad for a semester. With the thought of this, I excitedly agreed, but didn’t actually see it panning…

Exploring the Amazon in Brazil

Overlooking a ravine with branches hanging out over the cliffs in Brazil

Over the span of my time in college, I have never learned so much as when I studied abroad last fall in the Amazon. The course I did wasn’t the typical study abroad semester, however.  It was an NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) course. The trip consisted of us camping in the back jungles of…