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It has taken quite some time to write this final blog post, as I’ve been back in the U.S. for about ten days now, and I’ve started this post in my head many times over. To begin, I would like to say just how grateful I am for this entire experience. In the end, I
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It’s a Little… Too Clean

The above title turned into our joke of the weekend when, on an early Friday morning, we arrived at our meticulously clean AirBnB in Amsterdam, Holland. A quick and painless bus ride brought us into Amsterdam at about 9AM and from there our explorations began. The goal for Friday was to visit the Anne Frank
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The Best of Berlin

Hello! It has been a long while since I have written last. I apologize for this, as school has picked up, the weather is getting nicer, and well.. I’ve simply abandoned my blog. But I am back! To share our experience in Berlin 🙂 To start, Berlin is my favorite city so far.. of course,
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A Little Bit of This…

Here and there and everywhere… Or maybe just to Antwerpen and back… This past Friday, Ema, Becca and I traveled to Antwerp, Belgium — our first trip outside of Brussels of the three weeks that we’ve now been living here. Baby steps… But, previously this week, on Tuesday night to be exact, Becca, Erica and I saw
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The Extraterrestrials

Good morning from Uccle! Ema and I have made a joyous move to our new new home here in Brussels. We are now living with Becca and our new host mother,Bérengère, to whom we are so grateful for taking in both Ema and I. Erica and Dome are also in Uccle, as we have all been relocated,
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Marchè du Midi and Onwards

This morning, shortly after rising out of bed, Ema stated that we have now been in Brussels for a full week — and as Becca keeps stating: “It feels like we are on vacation and we will be leaving soon.” Thank goodness we are here for about another 17 weeks! After our tour of Brussels
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The Day of Manneken Pis

Manneken Pis, the famous Belgian statue of a little boy peeing. My Grandma was the first person to inform me about this famous little statue, and I completely understand the confusion on the popularity of this statue. Regardless, here it is! Manneken Pis. Upon checking the correct spelling of this statue, I found that there
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Mingle Mingle Mingle

Orientation Day 1: Tonight’s post is going to be short and sweet — and without visuals, sadly. Today was the first day of Orientation at Vesalius College, an American style university that is part of the larger Flemish university: Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Up until today, and I believe I can speak on behalf of most study
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KatieEmaBecca and the Chocolate Factory

Today was what some (chocolate fanatics) might consider a fairy tale… This morning, we awoke to a slightly sunny sky and found ourselves walking through very chilly and windy streets. [Thank you Mom for telling me to bring my winter jacket!] Having (somewhat) mastered the metro and buses — we have  yet take the tram —
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American Feet on Belgian Streets

Bienvenue! Welcome to Belgium, the land of chocolate. If I had known how many chocolate shops we would have seen today, I would have started counting at the beginning of todays journey! And it’s only our second day in Brussels. Yesterday, we arrived in Belgium in the afternoon, we met our host mom, Judith (also known
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What’s on Your TO DO List?

Packing. One of my least favorite tasks when embarking on a journey, whether it be for a weekend or four months, is packing. This upcoming Monday, I will catch a bus down to New York City with Erin (my sister) to stay with Conor (my boyfriend) for a little less than a week before catching
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