Passports

Never Have I Ever: Valentine's Day Edition
By Pete Wayner
February 10, 2012 - 10:54pm
In this video blog, Pete and Leah choose adventures in Syracuse to celebrate the annual day of romance by choosing activities for each other they've never dared do before.

Whether you view Valentine’s Day as your personal Casablanca or the annual zenith of Hallmark mind control, the best way to celebrate is joining someone you really like doing something new with. Pete Wayner and Leah Stacy, couple and partners in crime,s each picked something the other has been afraid to do . . . until now. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Passports renewal
By Tara Donaldson
January 29, 2012 - 9:26pm
It's time for some new "stamps" in our Passports blog.

With winter keeping us on lockdown, it's time to fantasize about travel. And we are re-energizing our Passports blog just in time to help fulfill those fantasies. 

No longer solely a blog for Study Abroad students to share their stories, Passports is expanding to include all things travel: where to eat, who to meet, what to do and what to skip.

Stay tuned as SU travel writers regale us with travel tales of Syracuse and beyond.

The real China
By Kellianne Jones
April 19, 2010 - 7:37pm
It's easy to fall into a comfortable routine while abroad, but I decided it was time to explore Beijing.

I knew, coming to China, that I’d meet people from completely different backgrounds than me. I have classmates from Mongolia, the Philippines, Sweden, Portugal, Australia, France, and the Netherlands. The international scene has been one of the best parts of studying abroad in Beijing, and is something you can’t really get anywhere else. 

Home is everywhere
By Meredith Popolo
April 13, 2010 - 3:13am
Finding comfort in a foreign land

“It’s getting late,” my friend shouted in my ear at a noisy, sweaty discoteca. I looked at my phone. It was 3:47, and I had to be up in less than five hours. It’s time to go home, I thought.

Home. The long walk back gave me a lot of time to think about that word. Home. As I stumbled through the dimly lit Piazza della Repubblica, I wondered, is Florence really my home now?

Eat. Sleep. Bathe. Poop?
By Mallory Passuite
April 12, 2010 - 5:45pm
How a cultural exchange in Morocco made me rethink the basics

A gray-haired, Guatemalan Harvard graduate, my professor of Latin American Short Story squats over a dusty, orange, dirt path outside...

The Chilean night sky and an island adventure
By Sam Disston
April 11, 2010 - 9:51am
An unforgettable view from an astronomy observatory, a visit to the national park, and a tasty clambake concoction

School is now in full swing here in the Southern Hemisphere, as we are a little over a month into the semester down here. This, however, does not mean that I have devoted all of my time to school.

Indulgence is everything
By Marlei Martinez
April 6, 2010 - 10:47pm
Hunting for the best chocolatier at London's annual Chocolate Festival

There are three things that I consider myself an expert on: acclimating myself to new cultures, shoes, and chocolate.

This past weekend marked the second annual Chocolate Festival in Central London. For three whole days, it was non-stop chocolate in London-town.

Studying abroad is about more than studying
By Meredith Popolo
March 30, 2010 - 3:36pm
Wandering the streets of Florence is as much an education as class.

On an average Wednesday morning, I wake up to the sun pouring through my window. Breakfast is waiting for me on the kitchen table—a bowl of fruit, Nutella, colorful jams, and crackers, which are really more like biscotti. A brisk 15-minute walk and I’m at the Accademia and there it is—larger than life, Michelangelo’s David.

I'm in Morocco b*tch?
By Julia Terruso
March 25, 2010 - 3:43pm
The struggle to find an authentic experience in Tangiers

Morocco has been at the top of my list of places to visit while abroad from the beginning. Its proximity to Spain, 340 miles, and the enchantment of going to a country with camels, potent spices, and ocean views made it a must see spot for me. All of this, coupled with the fact that I’d heard stories from my Mom who spent six years in Egypt in her 20s, had me raring to visit northern Africa.

Dinnertime and maternity pants
By Meredith Popolo
March 22, 2010 - 10:18am
Getting more than my fill of delicious Italian food around my host family's dinner table in Florence.

I came to Florence to learn Italian. I came to study Renaissance art. No matter how convincing I say the excuses, the truth is, I came to Florence for the food.