Global Tiger Tales – Adventures of Auburn Students Abroad

September 20, 2022

El Camino Weekend

Matthew Harmon: AU Engineering – International Engineering Internships in Pamplona, Spain Summer 2022 During the second weekend of my program in Pamplona, Spain, a group of us decided we needed an adventure. One of the things we learned about Pamplona while we were on the walking tour the first week was that it was one of the first major stops...

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September 13, 2022

A Fairytale Day

Sloane Saxon: AU Honors College — Study and Travel in Germany Summer 2022 Growing up as someone who adored Disney movies, having an experience in which I felt like I was in a Disney film was incredible. If you’re ever in Germany, driving 117 kilometers south from Munich will take you to an incredible attraction called Neuschwanstein Castle. The German...

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September 6, 2022

New Adventures in Nepal

Ally McElwee: AU Human Sciences – Summer Program in Kathmandu, Nepal Summer 2022 This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Kathmandu, Nepal. I have done various other study abroad programs, but Nepal has stood out to me since freshman year. I joined 6 other Auburn students and set off on this 11 week journey around...

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August 30, 2022

Weekend in Sorrento

Rylin McArthur: AU Business — Fast Track Business Major Core Program in Rome, Italy and Madrid, Spain, Summer 2022 During the Italy portion of my summer abroad, my friends and I chose to take a trip to Sorrento during our first free-travel weekend. I had already visited Sorrento when I went on a school trip to Italy my sophomore year...

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May 10, 2022

Relearning How to Learn

Ana Marie Hanger: AU Human Sciences- Fall Program in Ariccia, Italy, Fall 2021 While it is hard to choose what my favorite part of studying abroad was, something that I cherished while I was in Italy was what I like to call “undisrupted learning.” I am not sure if that is the proper term for what I am referencing, but...

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March 24, 2022

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 most delicious food I’ve ever...

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March 16, 2022

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 world and ranked as one...

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March 14, 2022

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 time if it would be...

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November 3, 2021

Traveling by Bus; A Lesson Learned

Jesse Cape: AU COSAM- Spring Program in Alcalá de Henares, Spain Spring 2019 When traveling, no one plans for things to go wrong, but it is simply unavoidable. In the moment, these incidences are not pleasant, but they make for some great memories to reminisce on. There are so many differences between America and Europe that I couldn’t even begin...

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October 19, 2021

Into the Unknown

Shai Turner: Auburn Exchange- Daegu, South Korea- Keimyung University Summer 2019 As someone who had never been on a plane before, there were some things I wish I had known before taking a 14-HR flight across the world. A couple tips I would give my past self would be to try and get an aisle seat, so you can move...

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September 29, 2021

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

SarahBeth Wheeler: Core Curriculum Program in Barcelona, Spain- Summer 2019 It was a hot day in Barcelona the day I arrived with 40+ Auburn students and staff. The airport was hot, the bus ride was hot, and standing in line to get assigned our rooms was, well, hot. We were all incredibly jet-lagged and trying to make small-talk with one...

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September 21, 2021

2 Months that Were, and 2 Months that Weren’t

Jesse Cape: AU COSAM- Spring Program in Alcalá de Henares, Spain Spring 2019 My name is Jesse Cape and I studied abroad in Alcalá de Henares, Spain in Spring of 2020 during the Coronavirus fiasco. If you would have told me during the last week of February that I would be returning home to the United States in less than...

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