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 ⇾
Studying abroad terrifies me, perhaps even more so than it does the average person, and perhaps even more than itRead More ⇾
I cannot say that I have experienced culture shock per say. I have studied Russian Language and Culture for twoRead More ⇾
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 ⇾
[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 ⇾
When I was in Russia, I would pass through the Горьковская metro station at least twice each day. The PetersburgRead More ⇾
As the end of my program approaches, I have begun to feel strangely torn between two very extreme feelings. HavingRead More ⇾
Generally speaking, it seems logical that the Soviet period of Russian history has had the longest lasting effect on theRead More ⇾
In Petersburg, June is the month of white nights (or as Russians call them “Белые Ночи”). One of the mostRead More ⇾
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort ofRead More ⇾
All together, my trip from Jersey’s suburbs to St. Petersburg, Russia amounted to approximately 15 hours of travel. Partially theRead More ⇾
Traveling should be more that getting from point to point. I find it easy to treat travel as a valuableRead More ⇾