J U N E / / T W E N T Y - S E V E N T H / / 2 0 1 6

So, it's the night before I depart. Equal parts excited, anxious

 and exhausted. Everything has been checked, double-checked and

 octuple-checked, fitted in both backpacks and ready to go. 

Let's do this.

J U N E // N I N T H // 2 0 1 6

To start, this experience would not have been possible without the 

support (financial and moral) of my parents, nor will they let me 

forget that anytime soon. Or ever. Yeah, never: if you have met my 

mom, you would understand.But this trip is thanks to them and 

partly the USAC. The University Studies Abroad Consortium, located 

on the University of Nevada's campus is probably the best study 

abroad program in the country, and one of the many reasons I chose 

to attend UNR. Over 50 cities in over 25 countries host USAC 

students. 

- M A D R I D -

I knew that I wanted to go to Europe .... well, New Zealand but an 

ecology program is not my cup of tea. So I picked Europe, I wanted 

to stay in a major city for access to transportation but mainly I 

wanted to go somewhere totally new. After weeks of deliberation and 

soul-searching, and realizing that I had a Spanish requirement 

to fulfill, I settled on Madrid.


Three weeks to go.