To Study Abroad: That is the Question

I am sure that everyone who ever studied abroad returned home to the same questions: Did you have fun? Would you go again? What was the food like? What were the people like? Should I go? My answer to these questions is- everyone is an individual and would have different reactions to studying abroad.

For me, it was an once-in-a-lifetime experience. I had a tumultuous senior year at Texas Wesleyan University; I had a full load for the spring semester, took a Maymester (an abbreviated literature course that was held in just three weeks,) and then took two summer courses in England. The immersion in another culture is an experience not to be missed. When you graduate college, there is no telling when you will be able to get to another country. Many people spend their lives wishing for just that chance. The cost of our trip was about the same as a two week vacation. The tuition costs were the same for the courses if they had been taken on campus.

The course load was intense, but we had lots of time for sight-seeing and sampling the local cuisine and pub life.

The first thing I noticed about England was the beauty. Everything was either green or covered with blooming flowers. The smallest apartment had, at the least, several pots of brilliantly colored flowers. Part of this, I am sure was that I was in a new place and everything seemed absolutely beautiful.

I then noticed that the people are driving on the wrong side of the road. I didn't know which way to look (the traffic was coming at you from the other direction).