DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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STudy Abroad Spain OTher Than seeing The sights, a sTudenT learns how To de- pend on himself and survive in an enfirely differenT culfure. everyThing mm o sTudenT could wonT ouT of o semesTer obrood. From The colorful Los Rombios To The dark alleys of Borrio GoTico, The ciTy is never wiThouT beouTy and surprise. EiTher in walking Through The famous coThedroI or opprecioTing The orT of boTh Miro 0nd Picasso, one can see The mojesTy, TrodiTion, ond hisToricoi precedence which Barcelona noT only provides To Spoin, buT The resT of Europe as well. WheTher you spend some of your Time 0T a soccer game surrounded by 80,000 rioTous fans, or o bulifighT, or even onching The famous founToins CT The base of The Palace of MonTjuich, one is never ieT dOWn by The many Things which on American sTudenT musT see while in Barcelona. Besides The ciTy, The Borcelono program has numerous offerings which can be Token odvonToge of by a sTudenT. The peaceful beaches of SiTges and The CosTo Bravo are less Then an hour away from The noisy copiToi 0T CoTquno. OTher Thon seeing The sighTs, o sTudenT learns how To depend on himself and survive in on enTirer differenT culTure. A sTudenT grows by living wiTh a Spanish fomiiy, Taking classes ToughT in Spanish, and going ouT mm The Spanish nighTIife. A Two week Trip Through SouThern Spain and Morocco noT only provides differenT diolecTs and differenT cusToms To grasp, buT also on example and TosTe of African and Arabic ways of life. The educoTion oT The UniversiTy of Barcelona is very procTicol wiTh I he Barcelona program provides 22 courses in o vorieTy of subjecTs To IeT sTudenTs know and undersTond more obouT Spain and iTs culTure. However, Talking To The CoTolon people and learning obouT noT only Their unique cuiTure buT Their ouTlondish pride in CoToiuno Teaches The mosT imporTonT lessons of o semesTer obrood. When speaking of The culTure, The educoTion, and The social life, a semesTer in Barcelona is on experience which will never be forgoTTen. -Tim Clork

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STudy Abrood England He smiled at my American occenT when I gave my order and seT abouT preparing scones and Tea. worm, smoky smell from The fireplace inviTed me inside The small Teoshopi BuT once inside, There was no one To be found. Anybody here? I ducked under low ceiling beams and Travelled The shorT disTonce To dork wooden Tables and wicker-boTTomed choirs. My quesTion meT only silence. BuT 0 cold and rainy Englond doy woiTed for me ouTside. so I Took 0 Table close To The fireplace and woiTed. Well hello There. A young man wiTh 0 Thick Devon brogue greeTed me wiTh surprise as he peered ouT of CI back room. ITCome in for o biT of Tea Todoy, did you? He smiles oT my American occenT when I gave my order and seT obouT preparing scones and Tea. TTAre you in ExeTer on Holiday? No, I'm sTudying CT The UniversiTy. I was always proud To say This-iT made me less of o foreigner. I belonged, 0T IeosT more Then The groups of American TourisTs ThoT Thronged The CoThedrol on sunny days and purchased whole villages of Tiny ceramic ThoTched roof farmhouses. ThoT ofTernoon I escaped To The Teoroom, idyllicolly Tucked away on a very narrow lone, To console myself obouT life in o counTry ThoT sTiII confused and frusTroTed me, even ofTer olmosT half a year. TuTorioI ThoT morning had been Terrible. Miss Hole, how do you spell Czechoslovakia? The old professor, 24 whose face ofTen seemed kindly and dignified, singied me ouT of The small group of sTudenTs and now appeared sinisTer, absurd. I did noT see how This had any relevance To Ibsen's play The Wild Duck. I was Tired of his picky quesTions ThoT had no real bearing on our discussion, Tired of The mysTerious Things he scrawled in his black noTebook during our meeTings. I don'T know. My Tense answer plucked each word like a To-Tigh'r violin sTring. He direoTed The quesTion To The nexT person in The circle and irroTionol Teors ThreoTened To soil! from my eyes. BuT The smell and wormTh of Earl Grey Tea and The sighT of scones and sTrowberry jom reminded me of The good Things obouT England. The young man laid a creamy rose bud cup and ploTe before me. His friendly quesTions and The riTuoI of Team Time sooThed The Tension I feIT. I poured myself a cup of Tea and breoThed sTrengTh from iTs delicoTe perfume. Now back oT DePouw 0 year IoTer, I jusT opened my IosT box of Twinings Earl Grey Teo, which I crammed inTo my suiTcose CT The expense of o fraying roincooT and my fovoriTe pair of sneakers IefT behind. And when I flew in from London To JFK oirporT, harried by cusToms officials and exhousTed from carrying my loaded suiTooses, I sTopped in on oirporT snack bar and ordered Tea. eCoThy Hole