ATHENS — Media coverage of the demonstrations taking place in Athens often includes footage of anarchists throwing Molotov cocktails, riot police releasing a sea of tear gas and widespread chaos.
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We packed and planned. We navigated airport security. We boarded our flights. We made it through months of anticipation and several days of jetlag. Finally, we're here.
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PARIS--By the time December rolls around at Notre Dame, students face chilly winter temperatures as they roam the snow-covered campus. But students studying abroad during the most wonderful time of the year experience the Christmas season with somewhat more temperate climates and much less snow.
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Prague, Czech Republic—There are many things Notre Dame students studying abroad miss during their time outside the U.S., but the holidays are the absence that might hit closest to the heart. Halloween, Thanksgiving and the time before Christmas (though not the actual day itself) are all spent in a foreign country, with different customs and traditions of celebrating.
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We've all heard the familiar refrains about globalization in our classes at Notre Dame. We've been told the movements toward a global world will affect business, communication and culture. I've learned first-hand it also affects sports, and that has led me to a conclusion that will be unsettling to many — the NFL is no longer just America's game.
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I woke up on Nov. 24 at 7 a.m. to my mother throwing a pillow at me. This may seem like a normal Thanksgiving morning, but since I am abroad in Puebla, Mexico, it was anything but.
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After three and a half months of complete language and cultural immersion, the 13 Notre Dame students studying abroad this semester in Angers, France celebrated one of our most cherished holidays — Thanksgiving.
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In the United States, we celebrate the end of October by dressing in costumes, carving pumpkins and asking strangers for candy. In Mexico, the end of October calls for a different form of celebration. Instead of Halloween, Mexicans observe Día de los Muertos, meaning "Day of the Dead."
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When students think of a classroom, they picture an area enclosed by four walls, with a door and perhaps a window and desks. However, for many of the Notre Dame students studying abroad in Rome at John Cabot University this semester, the opportunity to escape the confines of a building is presented in the form of "on-site" classes. Instead of being enclosed by four walls, the Eternal City itself becomes the classroom.
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The annual battle between Notre Dame and USC goes by many names; The Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh and the greatest intersectional rivalry game in college football among them; but let's call it what it really is: an all-or-nothing proposition. There are no moral victories in a rivalry game.
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PUEBLA, Mexico — American medicine conjures an image of sterile white walls, laparoscopic surgeries with high-tech instruments and patients who not only expect treatment, but also receive it. This world exists in television shows and even in many of our cities.
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TOLEDO, Spain — Though over half of Notre Dame students study abroad during some time in their four years at the University, not all of these students have the unique opportunity to live with a host family in a foreign country.
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When students studying in Europe think of travel destinations in the month of October, one usually pops up: Oktoberfest in Munich. However, to the south of the popular Bavarian destination lies another city with an equally rich beverage culture — Vienna.
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Italy may be home to the Vatican, the center of the Catholic Church, but the Italians' true religion is soccer, or "il calcio." The nation has captured four World Cup titles, including its most recent in 2006. This ranks them second only to Brazil in winning the most world championships. Teams in Italy's club league, Serie A, have claimed 27 major European championships, making the nation the most successful on the continent in terms of the professional sport.
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Greetings from across the globe! While most Notre Dame students are busy on campus taking classes, tailgating and cheering on the Fighting Irish, hundreds of Domers are around the world studying abroad for the semester. The Observer is proud to have six of its staff members spread across three continents and six nations this fall. To keep up with their adventures, we decided to launch the Observer Passport.
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