Capilano University Students Blogging Abroad

 Start of the Tiger Leading Gorge   During the middle of the semester a couple of my friends from university (Arianne, Bruno, and Chen) and I decided to go on a 3 day hiking adventure up into the mountains. The hike is called the Tiger Leaping Gorge and it is near the old town of Lijiang. The trail goes along the second largest Gorge in the world; with its mountain peaks reaching 6000 meters above sea level (Higher than any mountain in Canada). To get there we had to take a 3 hour flight from Guangzhou to Kunming, and then immediately take an 8 hour train north to Lijiang. I will be telling a story about a little encounter we had on the trail! Goat On the second day of the hike, Chen and I were on the path heading towards the grueling 28 bend climb up the mountain. We were trekking along, when we heard a slight noise on the cliff above us. Really not paying much attention, we took a few more steps. All of a sudden, something large and dark fell on the...

The last 6 months were hands down the best few months of my short life! I would honestly recommend the Capilano Study Abroad program to anybody and everybody. It takes a lot of planning, saving, time and energy but it is all 100% worth it. You fully get to live life in a different country while completing credits towards your degree, how cool is that? I am already counting down the days to go visit all my friends I’ve made abroad and cannot wait to make my way back to Wien Austria sometime in the future.  Leaving Vienna in June was the worst and I don’t remember ever crying so hard in my life. Saying goodbye to the city and to all the new friends was devastating. Vienna was such a blessing to live in. Amazing people amazing food amazing everything :) Santorini Greece  Dubrovnik Croatia   Anastasia Gassieva is a Bachelor of Communication Studies degree student at Capilano University. Anastasia studied abroad at FH Wien in Vienna, Austria.  

Every student that has experienced study abroad will tell you the same thing, and if they don’t then they are lying to you. I’m going to sound like a broken record by the end of this but honestly if you’re thinking about it, just do it. And if you’re not thinking about it, then you should start thinking about it, and then you should do it. Prater – Vienna, Austria This semester flew by so quickly I wish I could repeat it over and over again. I won’t lie; there were a lot of hardships and speed bumps along the way, but the good by far out -weighs the bad. And I know that looking back on it years from now the only memories that will have stayed with me are the positive ones. You’re list of reasons not to go may include the following:         It’s expensive         It’s unfamiliar         I’ve never been away from home for this long         Insert any other excuse you may have I’m sure...