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travel album: my 2 Weeks In Europe

Highlights from my life-changing trip to Europe with some amazing friends and teachers.

Jul 21, 2018

Sivani Shanmugam

After returning from my two week trip across five countries in Europe (England, France, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic), I've returned with a changed view of the world I live in. Americans may see their country as a "melting pot" of other cultures and languages. To truly realize diversity, one must see how people of different cultures interact in other areas of the world where English isn't the primary mode of communication.

To learn about history and other cultures through YouTube, documentaries or the pages of a book can't even come close to actually being at those areas in person, standing where those historical figures stood and where world-changing events occurred. Learning from locals and soaking in the sights, smells and amazing views of various countries that I've only dreamed of seeing before is an experience that I wouldn't give up for anything.

I've come back from this trip a changed person and plan on continuing to travel and explore parts of the world that I've never seen before. I encourage anyone reading this to do the same; if the opportunity comes up, take it. Get out of your comfort zone and explore a new part of this insanely huge world we live in. This trip has proved a statement that I've heard time and time before: travel truly is the best educator.

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London, England

A Rose from the Westminster- Covent Garden

London, England

Tower Hamlets- Tower Hill

London, England

Red Telephone Booth

London, England

Sculpture at the Louvre Museum

Paris, France

The Eiffel Tower

Paris, France

Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris, France

Inside the Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris, France

Nymphenburg Palace

Munich, Germany

BMW Museum

Munich, Germany

Vienna at Dusk

Vienna, Austria

Schonbrunn Palace

Vienna, Austria

Building art made from recycled materials

Vienna, Austria

A Statue in Graben (famous street in Vienna)

Vienna, Austria

On Route to Prague

Kunta Hora, Czech Republic

A Chandelier Made Of Real Human Bones

Kunta Hora, Czech Republic

Prague Beauty

Prague, Czech Republic

"Praha" Is How You Say Prague in Czech

Prague, Czech Republic

Berlin Wall Art

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Wall Art

Berlin, Germany

Feeding Goats At A Rest Area On The Way To Prague

Jirice, Czech Republic

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3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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