3 Days in New Orleans: A Family Holiday Trip to the Big Easy For years, my parents have given my brother and I the gift of travel for Christmas, and this year our gift was a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. I traveled to NOLA in 2015 to do service work in a city that is still impacted by Hurricane
A Weekend in Lisbon, Portugal We saved the best for last. Out of all of my travels this semester, Lisbon and its surrounding areas tops the list. The city is vibrant and beautiful, and the nice weather made for a great escape from a cold and rainy Madrid. We flew out Friday morning and arrived early in the day, ready
A Weekend in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco This past weekend the majority of the Global kids traveled to Morocco. Six went to Marrakech, and my three friends and I went to Rabat. Marrakech is definitely the tourist hub of the country, especially compared to the unassuming capital city that is Rabat, but we were sold on Rabat by the $52
A Long Weekend in the South of Spain: a Trip to Sevilla, Granada, and Cordoba Part of my program with LIU Global is extended trips, and this semester includes several trips around Spain. If you’ve kept up with my travels this semester, you’ve seen that I’ve participated in the Camino de Santiago and traveled to Barcelona with my school. This
A Weekend Break in Belgium I’m in love with Belgium. There are a select few places I’ve traveled that I could see myself living in the future, and Belgium was just added to the list! We had Thursday off for All Saints Day, so my friend Kendall and I flew into Brussels on Wednesday after classes and enjoyed a couple
Highlights of Barcelona, Spain This week, the LIU Global kids spent 4 days exploring the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain, learning about the culture, tourism, and the independence movement. Continue on to read about the highlights of the city. La Sagrada Familia It’s only fair to start with the most famous building in the city of Barcelona. Designed by world-renowned
An Un-Beer-Lievable Weekend at Munich’s Oktoberfest Almost from the moment that I knew that I would be attending LIU Global, I knew for certain that I wanted to go to Oktoberfest during my sophomore year. I’m young and I’m in Europe, how could I have passed up the opportunity to check this festival off of my bucket list? Fortunately, my
36 Hours in Geneva, Switzerland My first weekend in Spain found my friends and I furiously planning weekend trips for the semester, and the first order of business was to find a destination to celebrate my friend Kendall’s 20th birthday. Enter a cheap flight to Geneva. For $52 roundtrip on EasyJet, we found ourselves in Switzerland for the weekend. We
