Journalism junior Erica Husting (1-5) and business administration junior J. J. Jenkins (6-10) both studied abroad this fall quarter – Husting in Italy and Jenkins in Spain. These are the lessons they took away from their time abroad. Lesson 1: Don’t freak out — culture shock is normal. From the moment I stepped off of […]
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Tres días: how to have a successful weekend in Barcelona
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist Words can’t do Barcelona justice. That’s why you just have to see it to believe. But the key to any weekend trip in a foreign city is the advice of someone who has spent time there. That’s why I’m presenting the definitive […]
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Climbing St. Peter’s Basilica, delving into San Lorenzo
Erica Husting is a journalism junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. It took 551 stairs to reach the top of the cupola. I was literally hovering over Rome. I had made it to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica and the view that awaited was worth the climb. Down below, Saint Peter’s Square stretched out […]
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Catalonia caught in the crossfire
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. If you thought the United States presidential election was heated, the politicization of daily life in Barcelona is a full-blown wildfire. On Nov. 25, the citizens of Catalonia go to the polls in a de facto vote for independence from Spain. But […]
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Finding authentic Italian eats
Erica Husting a journalism junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. It was the perfect setting. On the final leg of a jam-packed weekend traveling through Southern Italy, I found myself in Naples, sitting at a table clad in a white tablecloth with flowers and flickering candles lined down the center. A local performer appeared […]
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When in Rome … Exploring the historic city
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and a Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. If I were an author staging the opening act of a grisly novel, the place I found myself on Thursday night would be the scene of the initial murder. A blank, marble atrium inside a nondescript building in the center of […]
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Visiting floating Venice and fair Verona
Erica Husting is a journalism junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. The first weekend in October was a weekend for the bucket list. That weekend, I had the opportunity to journey to the northern Italian region of Veneto, paying a visit to the iconic cities of Padua, Venice and Verona. I set off for […]
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Things get Messi on Spanish fútbol field
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. I don’t think you know frustration until you watch one of the best fútbol clubs in the world fail to send a shiny, round ball into a rectangular goal for 86 minutes. I guess you don’t know elation until that ball slips […]