CIS Alumni
This group is for students who have returned home from their experiences abroad.
Saturday, everyone was able to do what they wanted. Everyone chose to stay in Melbourne and really spend a day in the city. I decided to hop on a train and head to Bendigo, to visit the La Trobe Bendigo campus and meet with Glyn Thomas from the Outdoor and Environmental Education program. Glyn was kind enough to meet me at the train station and give me a tour of …
Friday was our relaxed night out at Dracula's Cabaret Comedy Dinner Show. That gets it all in a nutshell. The building is right across the street from Pac Fair and we've heard a lot of good things about it. As soon as we cross the street, we noticed people dressed up handing out tickets and bracelets and directing traffic. There was a guy dressed up as the joker in the …
It had finally arrived; the day I had been counting down for since I first landed in Ireland was upon me: 3 April 2009. For, this was the day when my mother, my Aunt Kellie, and my sister were supposed to land in the Shannon airport and join me for my Easter Break. So, as my Thursday night was drawing to a close, you can imagine how depressed …
The weekend began very early for us. In order to make it to the Dublin airport in time to catch our flight with Ryanair, we had to load the bus in front of our village at 4am. Then, we waited the entire four hour trip, suspended somewhere between exhaustion and sheer anticipation. After, what seemed to me, forever and a decade, the bus pulled into the Dublin airport, and we …
Calcio in Italian is soccer, and the games here are SO MUCH FUN! A couple of friends and I went to the Perugia vs. Perscara soccer game, and it was an experience I will never forget. One of the bartenders at one of our favorite bars has a roommate who is originally from Pescara and said we were welcome to join them in attending the soccer game. Of course we …