(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:…
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.
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…
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…
The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.
– Sharon Creech, The Wanderer
Melanie visits Cardiff, Wales!
“Oh, hey, it’s raining again. And the sun just came back out.” Read about Melanie Kohl’s first days in Cardiff, Wales.