Viva La Viv

This fall break was one I’d been looking forward to for a long time. I finally flew to Nevada to see my friends. Over the summer I studied abroad at the University of Roehampton in London, England. While there I met three girls I now know will be my best friends for life. Their names are Averey, Alexa and Sage. All three of them attend the University of Nevada, Reno. At the end of the summer I bought plane tickets to reunite with them over fall break.  When we met in London we immediately clicked. We all prefer to stick with a smaller group while traveling to stay organized and make the most of the trip. That's why we got along so well. We packed so many adventures into those three weeks. Every day we went to our classes and every night we found a new place to explore or sight to see. It was genuinely an experience of a lifetime. We were also neighbors in our university housing so we did everything together. Leaving them at the end of the summer was bittersweet. I was so excited wh...

This summer was a summer for the books. I got to live a lifelong dream of mine by studying abroad. After careful research and help from the lovely people in the ONU Abroad Office, I settled on a monthlong course at Roehampton University in London, England. I study musical theatre at ONU, so the best summer course for me to take was a Shakespeare class that interested me greatly and fulfilled one of my gen ed credits. It was absolutely the right decision. That class allowed me to see two incredible shows at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. I learned so much about theatre in a city that is absolutely filled with it. I also made some great friends from Nevada that I can't wait to connect with again over fall break. They teased me over the summer because I took so many pictures they thought my storage must have been begging for a break. It was an amazing experience and I am so grateful to have had that opportunity. However, as the summer went on, I started to miss my friends back at sc...