Oma’s Kitchen

Jesse Cape: AU COSAM – Spring Program in Alcalá Henares, Spain, Spring 2019 My favorite part of my study abroad program was the home stay with a host family, or in my case, host grandmother. Oma was a 78-year-old Spanish widow who took in exchange students because she loves to cook. She made us the…

Learn a New Language

Amanda Krawczyk: AU Liberal Arts – Summer Program in Madrid, Spain Summer 2019 My earliest memories of Spanish language date back to learning the colors in elementary school. Little did I know that 15 years later, I would have completed a Spanish minor while studying abroad in Spain. As the 4th most spoken language in the…

Unexpected Blessings

Ally McElwee: AU Human Sciences- Spring Program in Ariccia, Italy, Spring 2022 This past October I received an email saying that the infamous Joseph S. Bruno Program in Ariccia, Italy had opening spots. I had this idea in my head of another study abroad program I wanted to do, but I was unsure at the…