Cyprus and many other European Countries!
In and around Cyprus
I am studying abroad in Cyrpus until June 2008. I am so excited! I leave on January 23rd and fly from MPLS to Chicago, then from Chicago to London, and finally from London to Cyprus. It's going to be a long day, but I cannot wait to get there. I have already talked to my roommates and they all seem so amazing and cool! It makes me that much more pumped to go!!
I will be taking 15 credits over there that will count towards my International relations minor.
As part of the program I will be traveling to 11 other countries in Europe: Athens, Greece; Florence, Venice, and Rome, Italy; Salzburg, Vienna, Austria; Brussels, Leuven, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Paris, Strasbourg, France; Berlin, Dachau, Dresden, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Bratislava, Slovakia.
Click on the link below to see the Global Learning Semesters Intinerary.
I also plan on traveling to Cairo, Egypt and Istanbul, Turkey! iam so excited!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jenn1
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The day I left!!!!!!
I frantically finished packing on January 23rd and ran errands before my flight at 2:30pm to Chicago. I got a phone call early that morning saying tha... Continue reading » -
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Crazy Flight Travels
London overall is an amazing place! i was here once last year in May of 2007 with my best pal Janelle and it felt wonderful coming back. However, I... Continue reading »
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Nicosia: first night and first day!
Well I finally made it to Cyprus!!!! The plane ride here was loaded with turbulence and it was kind of scary but we flew right over the Alps and th... Continue reading »
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Orientation Week
Orientation Week Started on January 27th, a Sunday. We met at Global Learning Semesters office to drop off our computers so they would be security... Continue reading »
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Famagusta and St. Barnabas Museum
Friday, Febuary 1 a bunch of us all went across the "Green Line" into the Turkish side to visit a once flourishing town called Famagusta. Famagusta... Continue reading »
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Old Nicosia (Occupied Side-Turkish Northern Republic of Cyprus)
OLD NICOSIA (occupied side) Nicosia has a modern part outside the walls on the northern side as it
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Kyrenia: Saint Hilarion Castle, Kyrenia Castle, and Bellapais Abbey
Today, Saturday, February 2nd all 74 of us crossed over the "green line" into the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) of also known as... Continue reading »
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Supposed skiing trip in the Troodos Mountains
Ok so let me start out by saying..we got ripped off this weekend!!!!!! we paid 46 euro that was supposed to include two nights in a hotel, free alc... Continue reading »
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Valentine's Day!
Ok, so Valentine's Day continued a long line of drinking days. This was like day 9 out of 10 straight days. In the morning, I was given roses!! :... Continue reading » -
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Larnaca for a night at the clubs
Ok Friday night, the last night of our drinking binge. I didn't plan on going out tonight but one of our Cypriot friends, Stef, asked us to go to Larn... Continue reading » -
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Petra and Wadi Rum
We flew into Amman very early on February 29th. We then met a guy from the travel agency we booked our flights through and he took our passports an... Continue reading »
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Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is a beautiful, wonderful place and is 1,312 feet below sea level. THE LOWEST PLACE ON EARTH. We went to the Dead sea after we visited... Continue reading »
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Jerash
The ancient city of Jerash boasts an unbroken chain of human occupation dating back more than 6500 years. Conquered by General Pompey in 63 BC... Continue reading »
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Amman
Amman's history spans nine millenia dating back to the Stone Age. It boasts one of the largest Neolithic settlements (c. 6500 BC) ever discovered i... Continue reading »
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Athens and Aegina (greek island)
Saturday, March 22, 2008
ATHENS, GREECE
We left Nicosia at 6am this morning and off to the Larnaca airport we went. We were all wired w... Continue reading »
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Rome!!!
Tuesday March 25th
We got up at 6am and checked out of our hotel in Athens and went to the airport. We arrived in Rome at 10:10am (we moved o... Continue reading »
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Vatican City
Wednesday, March 26th
The Vatican
St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro)
Designed by Bernini. It includes 284 travertine columns,... Continue reading »
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Leaning Tower of Pisa!
Thursday March 27th
9am on Thursday morning we started our 4 hour bus ride to Pisa! The bus ride took forever!!!!! Liz and I wanted to play c... Continue reading »
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Florence
Friday March 28th
Florence
Friday morning we walked to the Academia where Michelangelo’s famous statue the David is (c. 1501-1504). It... Continue reading »
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Venice
Saturday March 29th
VENICE
Our bus ride to Venice was around 4 hours. Venice (Venezia) “The Romantic City”—One of the city’s... Continue reading »
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Istanbul
Sunday March 30st
This day is full of traveling. Some people stayed in Florence and left to travel by train to other countries. We took a thr... Continue reading »
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Santorini
Friday April 3rd
Santorini
After finally arriving in Santorini we took in our beautiful surroundings among the cliffs and sea. It is so... Continue reading »
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Budapest, Hungary Part 1
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Vienna, Austria
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Salzburg
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