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Places Visited Jan 5 – Jan 11
Nyon Jan 16-18
Chateau de Chillon Gruyere Jan 19-25
Nyon Les Contamines Jan 30- Feb 1
Vevey Leukerbad ( Feb 6 – 8
Leukerbad (Spa!) Feb 13 – 15
Lurcerne Feb 19 – 22
Feb 27 – 29
March 4 – 14
March 20 – 27
Flaine Nice April 2 – 10
Santorini April 11-18 Brugge Vianden |
Prochain Arret…Geneve!Hi Everyone! Welcome to my Switzerland Website. Here you will learn about my study abroad experience in Geneva, Switzerland during the Spring 2004 semester through the Geneva Program at Kent State University. Feel free to browse through and e-mail me if you have any questions or comments!
My
program centered around International Relations. I took mostly political science classes (Problems of
International Organizations, Human Rights) and NO engineering classes. It was a great program to broaden my
horizons. I definitely recommend this
program to anyone looking to get into the international scene. Classes Dr.
Reed’s classes were great! There was
a lot of reading, but it was all interesting and worth it. I learned so much from his classes. I also recommend taking French, especially
if you haven’t had any before. It’s
not necessary to speak French, but I felt that taking elementary French in
Geneva was great and I picked up a lot of French while I was there. But these classes are no where near as
hard as engineering classes at home.
So take a break from all that stress and still learn a lot!! A Typical Week Monday through Thursday we had class at the
Knox. We had to make our own lunches,
but dinner was provided. Some people
also had night classes. Usually we
would go out to the bars atleast 1 night during the week. Starting on Thursday night, we were free
for the weekend. Since we all had
Eurorail passes, this usually meant that we would catch a night train
somewhere (Rome, Barcelona, Prage, etc…)
It was a great way to travel!!
Most of us would get back Sunday night and start the week all over
again. It’s nice to take the train because
you can get all your homework done!
Just look at all the places I was able to travel to on the weekends! Final Thoughts This
was the best semester! I backpacked through Europe and met some great friends
from all over the country along the way!
I would definitely recommend it to anyone! It broadened my horizons.
Before the program, I had no clue about what was going on in the
international scene. But now, I can
talk to people about international politics and actually sound intelligent! If you have any doubts, e-mail me and I
will convince you this is the program for you!! |
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