Street art in Cork. Photo courtesy of Taylor Houdlette. It's not every day that you come face-to-face with one of your favorite “Game of Thrones” villains. It's especially unexpected while walking past an electrical…
Ribera Alcarrache, Extremadura, Spain. Photo courtesy of Finn Bradenday. As of Monday, Sept. 24, I’ll have been back in Maine for exactly three months. I’m still struggling to come to a conclusion on the…
Last week, I described some of the friendly, unique traits of the Irish people, with a particular focus on the older Irish population. This…
Cork City is an interesting place to be, that's for sure. I didn't expect anything less when I was planning my semester abroad in Ireland…
Looking over The Cathedral of Santiago and the city from Parque de Alameda, Spain. One of the best places to get away from the pressure of downtown." Photo courtesy of the writer.
The past three months have been some of the most challenging of my life, rivaling my first semester of college, when I failed all but…
Sheep graze in the idyllic courtyard of Castelo de Morão in southwestern Portugal. Photo courtesy of the writer.
My mom came around the corner of Morao Castle shouting that my dad and I would be shocked walking through the gate. I told her…
A pair of dancers show off their moves to traditional Galician music in a basement pub. Photo courtesy of the writer.
I just received my first Spanish tongue-lashing from a train conductor. I’m on my way to Lisbon to meet my family for the week, and…
Hello, my name is Genevieve Wilson and I am a third-year student majoring in marine biology at the University of Maine. I am currently studying…
The Alhambra, built at the end of the Moorish occupation of Spain in the 13th century, sits atop a hill looking over Granada. Photo by Finn Bradenday. My little brother, Jonah, is in a cab on the way to the Madrid airport after spending a week bouncing around the south of Spain…
University of Maine students don’t know how to dance. I don’t blame us, call it the difference in cultures or the superior danceability of Latin…