Posts Tagged ‘English’
13
Oct
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: adventure, awkward, challenge, church, cost, culture, English, greece, grocery store, growing, hike, home, muscles, Ohio, people, professor, Serbia, sorrow, time, ukulele. 2 Comments
For those of you wondering – I am thoroughy enjoying my time here in Greece. Not only is it warmer (!) and absolutely beautiful, but I know I am growing. As I force myself to fit into awkward social situations or challenge myself to go beyond what I originally thought I was capable of achieving, I [...]
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12
Oct
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: bank, button, counter, doors, English, exchange, language, money, rude. Leave a Comment
Today, in honor of one of my many days off of school, I set out to tackle some long overdue errands. One of which, included going to the bank to exchange U.S. dollars for Euros. Much to my dismay, I checked the currency rate online before leaving to confirm that the Euro is ridiculously expensive. [...]
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23
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: abroad, America, beach, beautiful, british, cigarettes, cool, English, friday, greece, greek, language, life, politics, school, thursday, tuesday, Turkey, U.S., watch. 1 Comment
Yesterday, I finally had classes and sat through an entire school day. Let me tell you, it was long. My first class starts at 11 a.m. and then my last class ends at 6:30 with only a break for lunch. By the time the bus comes around and takes us to our apartments it’s almost [...]
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21
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: agriculture, beautiful, Chinese, class, English, foot massage, Hangzhou, language, pagodas, professor, snow, watermelon, wealthy, West Lake, xue, Ying Yang. 2 Comments
Made it to Hangzhou – a beautiful city with enough quiet to counter the noise. Out of the places we’ve been so far I’d live here. Thankfully, this is where we’ll spend most of the remainder of the trip. Yesterday we walked around the gorgeous West Lake here in town, complete with picturesque pagodas, walkways, [...]
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