Summary Of December 2011

Happy New Year !!

Sadly, I was unable to keep my promise of keeping up with blog for my entire study abroad experience. SO much has happened! December was definitely crunch time for coursework and getting the most out of my study abroad experience.

In the next few days/weeks, I hope to update everything that has happened to me in the past month... Right now, I am enjoying a winter break until January 24th.. where I will then be returning to Wellesley for the Spring semester! How exciting?!

Here are some of the topics that I hope to write about!!... :)
1) Summary of UCL Experience: Courses and Friends
2) Europe Trip with my sister from 12/17-12/31: Amsterdam > Brussels > Paris > Barcelona > Milan > Pisa > London
3) Thoughts and Feelings about London

Until Then? xoxo
Kristian

Missing 15 days of posts...

I know that I have been missing for about 15 days. This is a factor of coursework, traveling, procrastination, etc.!

I have to go over 600 photos from my trips to Paris and Madrid! So I'll try to upload those soon.

Other than that, the highlights of my trip can be listed in bullet points below:

Paris
- AMAZING
- Great Food
- Beautiful Monuments, Landmarks
- Itinerary was very chill
- Paris is a pretty walkable city
- Nice vacation spot

What did I see?
The Palace of Versailles, Eiffel Tower, The Lourve, Notre Dame, Saint Chapelle, Arch De Triumph, Sacre Coure... much more...

Madrid
- Nearly got pick-pocketed..
- The hotel/hostel was awesome -- best shower since being abroad...
- Food was standard
- Landmarks, Monuments were anti-climatic since I went to Paris...
- Shopping is awesome!
- Everyone is well-dressed...
- The metro system is the best of Europe

What did I see?
Palace de Real, Palace Mayor, Prado Museum, more famous landmarks in Madrid...


More Experiences...
Cambridge
I also traveled outside of London to the city of Cambridge! I learned so much more about Cambridge University... and the campus is amazingly beautiful...

Google London UK Office
I had the opportunity to go to the Google Office in London!! This was made possible due to Google Code F, which is an event created to inspire and encourage women to continue pursuing computer science! More information of Google Code F can be found here: http://www.ukcodef.com/
I need to blog about this experience more... I definitely want to work for Google some day in the future...

So this is overall a quick update.. more like a note of what has been happening to me... I hope that you all haven't been bored... T___T;

I only have three weeks left of the term! So I have tons of coursework due in the next few weeks. :)
Please do send me a Facebook message, tweet, or email if you're truly interested in catching up! We can definitely plan a skype date!

Side Note: Being abroad is amazing, but I am starting to miss home and Wellesley.

Until I feel like updating again soon.... !

Kristian

Next Post Paris!!

Lack of updates due to my current trip to Paris!! Will be returning to London in a few hours...

I will definitely have to blog my experience!!! So please do wait for that!