Written by: Alexa Turner History. By way of it, we study the triumphs, failures, greatness, and destructiveness that the human race has accomplished. In every place I have visited, I have seen the remnants of all of these characteristics of history. In southern Germany, you can see all the splendors of the Wittelsbach Dynasty at…
Written by: Hayley Abbott With a new passport and a tightly packed suitcase, I boarded the plane to Munich with my stomach in knots. I didn’t know what to expect in a new country, but I was intrigued to learn how Munich and Paris compare to the United States. Culture is very fascinating to me,…
Written by: Alexa Turner After completing a ten-week summer internship in Washington, D. C., I’d like to think that I can go anywhere and not look like a tourist. I thought wrong. The day after Christmas, I, along with several other students and a few faculty from across Kentucky, boarded a plane to begin an…
Written by: Hayley Abbott I jumped out of bed as soon as I heard my alarm sound. I could hardly contain my excitement knowing that I would be experiencing the site of a world-renowned castle, famously known for inspiring Walt Disney. The Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a hill above the…
Written by: Courtney Smith Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to one day study abroad. I grew up hearing the stories of my mother’s experience abroad in Spain during her junior year of college. She raved about how much she learned, the different cultures she experienced, and all of the…
Written by: Brendan Jones We walk into a huge stadium full of fans, and I think about how I am experiencing another thing for the first time. This was my very first time at a professional soccer game. It was loud, exciting, and very memorable. The food was given out by vendors, and it seemed…
Written by: Abby Coomes I originally heard about the KIIS Slavic Europe program from my professor, Dr. Mandzy, during one of his History classes. Then I went to Morehead State’s Study Abroad fair, and I found out about the KIIS Berlin program. I learned that if I participated on two KIIS programs back to back,…
Written by: Brendan Jones I step out of our thirteen-person minivan I take a deep breath of the fresh, crisp Costa Rican air. Today is the day we take the first of many hikes up the side of a mountain. I had slept well, eaten “Lo Tipico” (beans and rice), and had my music ready…
Written by: Ashvanika Dodwani One of the reasons I chose to study in Austria is because I knew that the small town of Bregenz would allow me to truly explore the living style of Austrians in ways that I might not be able to if I were in a more touristy place or even just…