A Complete 180

From the moment I boarded the plane to Innsbruck and watched the ground shrink beneath me as the plane ascended into the clouds, I wondered about the person I would be when my study abroad experience was over. It hadn’t even begun, and I was already imagining the end. Who would I be? I had …

Bittersweet Goodbyes

Today is my last day in Innsbruck. In a few hours I will board a bus to take me to the Munich airport, where I will fly back home, and then it will all be over. I have no idea how five and a half weeks have gone by already, but it’s extremely hard for …

A Special Visit

Last weekend was particularly special because my grandparents flew in from the States to travel around Europe for a few weeks, and they stopped in Innsbruck along the way to pick me up so I could spend the weekend with them. It was crazy seeing them walking toward my student dorm and realizing that we …

A New Adventure

Last weekend was probably one of the greatest of my life. All of my friends went to Amsterdam, but I have already been there. So I opted for a few less popular cities: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Stuttgart, and Hechingen, Germany. I traveled entirely alone, which was a completely new and somewhat terrifying experience for …

New Home Sweet Home

Thirteen days have passed, and Innsbruck still amazes me. I have fallen into a rhythm now, and it almost feels perfectly natural that I am temporarily living in Innsbruck. This past week has been a really busy one. I spend my first weekend in Innsbruck, and I’m so glad I decided to stay and explore …

Incredible Innsbruck

I have been in Innsbruck for 4 days now, which is hard for me to believe. The moment I stepped off the bus, I fell in love with this city even more than I already did, and my love for it continues to grow. The city is nestled in between several mountains, which rise up …

Impatient for Innsbruck

I started my countdown 163 days before the start of my study abroad program in Innsbruck, Austria. Now, 156 days later, after months of expectations, planning, preparing and packing, I am seven days away from embarking on the most exciting journey of my life so far. My family has been the victim of my random …

Kortney: Summer in Innsbruck

Kortney Sweeney is a University of Florida student studying abroad this summer in Austria. If you want to learn more about her program, click here: University of New Orleans - Innsbruck What is your year and field of study? I am a junior journalism major with a concentration in psychology. Have you traveled abroad before? If so, where …