Eastern Europe

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  • Sean in Russia
  • 31-Dec-2013
Meet Gilman Video Blogger – Sean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8jJId_gyk8 Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Sean Deegan. Sean is a current Gilman Global Experience CorrespondentRead More ⇾

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  • travisgunn
  • 13-Dec-2013
Studying Abroad: The Night Before. . . Life Goes on

Studying abroad terrifies me, perhaps even more so than it does the average person, and perhaps even more than itRead More ⇾

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  • Sean in Russia
  • 21-Nov-2013
Culture Shock? You have no idea…

I cannot say that I have experienced culture shock per say. I have studied Russian Language and Culture for twoRead More ⇾

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  • Jose Luis in Bosnia
  • 02-Oct-2013
School Life in Sarajevo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10CeVISMiHk Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Jose Gomez. Jose served as a Gilman Global Experience CorrespondentRead More ⇾

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  • Jose Luis in Bosnia
  • 21-Aug-2013
Studying Abroad in Sarajevo, Bosnia

[youtube=http://youtu.be/AysBzsrTeys] Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Jose Gomez.  Jose served as a Gilman Global Experience CorrespondentRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 01-Aug-2013
August: The Month of Nostalgia

When I was in Russia, I would pass through the Горьковская metro station at least twice each day. The PetersburgRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 18-Jul-2013
Anticipating a Conflicted Departure

As the end of my program approaches, I have begun to feel strangely torn between two very extreme feelings. HavingRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 17-Jul-2013
Russia: A Palatial History

Generally speaking, it seems logical that the Soviet period of Russian history has had the longest lasting effect on theRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 10-Jul-2013
White Nights

In Petersburg, June is the month of white nights (or as Russians call them “Белые Ночи”). One of the mostRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 10-Jul-2013
St. Petersburg: Worthy Struggles

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort ofRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 08-Jul-2013
An introduction to the frustrations of Russian language

All together, my trip from Jersey’s suburbs to St. Petersburg, Russia amounted to approximately 15 hours of travel. Partially theRead More ⇾

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  • Christopher in the United Kingdom
  • 18-Oct-2011
Why I am so fond of traveling

Traveling should be more that getting from point to point. I find it easy to treat travel as a valuableRead More ⇾