Capilano University Students Blogging Abroad

  On a trip for international students, Unitec took a group of about 30 students to Coromandal, and this is where I realized I was turning into a Kiwi. We all took our cameras and phones, and went to Cathedral Cove to lounge around at the beach.   After the 20 minutes hike down, we decided to cross the Cathedral and go to the other side for a nicer, quieter beach with more sun. The waves were filling up the cove, but we crossed to the other side anyways. After a few hours, one of our guides explained that we should start heading back before the tide gets too high and fills the area we had crossed earlier, because that was the only way back. We all gathered our things and when we walked to the crossing point. The water was up to my waste, and waves were coming in that would made the water seem higher than my chest. I was scared—everyone was. But our guide insured us that we would make it; we just had to wait till the tide went out then as quickly as we could, run to th...

At this point in my story, I am living and studying in a very quaint ocean-side town in the Netherlands, with not nearly enough space on the pages to describe how amazing life is in the town of Vlissingen.   I like to view my life as a book with many chapters. Some chapters tell stories of love, drama, mystery, comedy, or loss, some chapters are dull and ordinary, and others are intense and moving. Almost a year ago I went searching for something that would help to fill my book’s desire for excitement, growth, and adventure for further chapters. So far, my decision to go study abroad has surely satisfied each desire I have been looking for. Adventure has been the most significant aspect so far- cycling adventures to be exact. The bicycle paths and highways in the Netherlands are truly luxurious as compared to those in any other country I have been. When the Dutch purchase a bicycle, they often become attached to it as a main mode of personal transportation. For th...