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Author: Melanie Kohls

I'm a UW-Madison senior, majoring in Zoology and Environmental Studies. I took two short trips to Europe when I was 13 and 18, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Cardiff has a great science program, so I know I’ll get a lot out of my classes there. And Wales is a beautiful country! It’s also fairly easy to travel from Wales to England and beyond, so I can soak it all in: first Wales, then the rest of Europe. When I’m not studying I want to be seeing and doing as much as possible: tours, hiking, museums, restaurants, learning new languages, all of it.
Blogging, Europe

Exit Interview: The Cardiff Experience (Part 2)

Posted onJuly 4, 2016January 24, 2018

(After six weeks of exams and traveling, we’re picking up where we left off…) Gwyneth/Sioned: Did you change your hair or something?  You look…different. Me:…

Blogging, Europe

Exit Interview: the Cardiff Experience (Part 1)

Posted onMay 4, 2016

For someone who’s been studying abroad since January, I haven’t blogged much about studying, have I?  Not because I haven’t been studying, Mom.  Just because…

Blogging, Europe

26,220 words* on Oxford

Posted onMay 4, 2016

Cardiff University takes very good care of its international students.  A student-led club called “Give It a Go” sponsors cheap trips to various locales of…

Blogging, Europe

Ogmore-by-Sea

Posted onMarch 2, 2016

The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

– Sharon Creech, The Wanderer

Blogging, Europe

Cardiff Castle

Posted onMarch 2, 2016March 2, 2016

Melanie visits Cardiff, Wales!

Blogging, Europe

First Impressions: Cardiff

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016January 24, 2018

“Oh, hey, it’s raining again. And the sun just came back out.” Read about Melanie Kohl’s first days in Cardiff, Wales.

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